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After the week was adopted in early Christianity, Sunday remained the first day of the week, but also gradually displaced Saturday as the day of celebration and rest, being considered the Lord's Day. Saint Martin of Dumio (c. 520–580), archbishop of Braga , decided not to call days by pagan gods and to use ecclesiastic terminology to ...
The god Týr or Tiw, identified with Mars, after whom Tuesday is named. Icelandic National Library, Reykjavík. Tuesday is the day of the week between Monday and Wednesday. According to international standard ISO 8601, Monday is the first day of the week; thus, Tuesday is the second day of the week. [1]
In English, the names of the days of the week are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. In many languages, including English, the days of the week are named after gods or classical planets. Saturday has kept its Roman name, while the other six days use Germanic equivalents.
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.
It was named after the Old English god Thunor. [3] Thunor and Thor are derived from the name of the Germanic god of thunder, *Thunraz, equivalent to Jupiter in the interpretatio romana. In most Romance languages, the day is named after the Roman god Jupiter, who was the god of sky and thunder. In Latin, the day was known as Iovis Dies, "Jupiter ...
Saturday is the day of the week between Friday and Sunday. No later than the 2nd century, the Romans named Saturday diēs Sāturnī ("Saturn's Day") for the god Saturn. His planet, Saturn, controlled the first hour of that day, according to Vettius Valens.
Monday is named after the Moon in many languages. Monday is the day of the week that takes place between Sunday and Tuesday. [1] According to the International Organization for Standardization's ISO 8601 standard, it is the first day of the week. [2]
The concept of the week, on the other hand, was adopted from the Romans, from about the first century, the various Germanic languages having adopted the Greco-Roman system of naming of the days of the week after the classical planets, inserting loan translations for the names of the planets, substituting the names of Germanic gods in a process ...