Why These Words Sunnandaeg, Monondaeg, Tiwesdaeg, Frigg, Saeterndaeg Are Important In The History Of Making A Calendar?
The Egyptians adopted the seven-day week, they named the days after five planets the sun and the moon. The Romans also used the Egyptians names for their days of the week; the day of the sun, of the moon, of the planet mars, of mercury, of Jupiter, of Venus and of Saturn. The names we use today did not come from the Romans, but from the Anglo-Saxons who called most of the days after their own god. The names were roughly the same as the gods of the Romans. The day of the sun became Sunnandaeg, or Sunday. The day of the moon was called Monandaeg, or Monday. The day of Mars became the day of Tiw who was the god of war. This became Tiwesdaeg, or Tuesday. Instead of Mercury’s name that of the god Woden was given to Wednesday. The Roman day of Jupiter, the Thunderer, became the day of the thunder god Thor, and this became Thursday. The next day was named for Frigg, the wife of their god Odin, so we have Friday. The day of Saturn became Saeternsdaeg and then Saturday. A day was used to be cou
