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The Norse god Odin or Wōden, in an 18th century Icelandic manuscript, after whom Wednesday is named. Wednesday is the day of the week between Tuesday and Thursday.According to international standard ISO 8601, it is the third day of the week.
Between the first and third centuries CE, the Roman Empire gradually replaced the eight-day Roman nundinal cycle with the seven-day week. The earliest evidence for this new system is a Pompeiian graffito referring to 6 February (ante diem viii idus Februarias) of the year 60 CE as dies solis ("Sunday"). [3]
Odin, in his guise as a wanderer, as imagined by Georg von Rosen (1886). Odin (/ ˈ oʊ d ɪ n /; [1] from Old Norse: Óðinn) is a widely revered god in Germanic paganism. Norse mythology, the source of most surviving information about him, associates him with wisdom, healing, death, royalty, the gallows, knowledge, war, battle, victory, sorcery, poetry, frenzy, and the runic alphabet, and ...
Netflix's Wednesday introduced viewers to a new version of Wednesday Addams — and her story is only getting started. The series, which premiered in November 2022, explores the iconic character ...
By the 1950s people in North America began referring to Wednesday informally as "hump day." It started being used more in more in subsequent decades but still required clarification as it hadn't ...
Monday, the day of Mēnô (Máni; Mōna; Māno), the moon (as male), was earlier the day of Luna, the moon (as female) Tuesday, the day of Tīwaz (Týr; Tīw; Ziu), was earlier the day of Mars, god of war; Wednesday, the day of Wōdanaz (Odin, Óðinn; Wōden; Wuotan), was earlier the day of Mercury, god of travelers and eloquence
Yuri Gagarin, the first human to travel to outer space, achieved his remarkable feat on a Wednesday in 1961. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his iconic ‘I Have a Dream’ speech on a Wednesday ...
Lombard name for Odin Foulke (2003 [1974]:315–17) Goði hrafnblóts Goði of the Raven-offering Goðjaðarr God Protector Sonatorrek (23) Gǫllnir Yeller Óðins nǫfn (3) Gollorr Yeller Óðins nǫfn (1) Gǫllungr Yeller Óðins nǫfn (5) Gǫndlir [34] Gondlir Wand-Bearer, Wand-Wielder Gylfaginning, Grímnismál (49), Óðins nǫfn (3)