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Monday, November 19, 2012

Days of the Week

Just a few etymologies to tide the blog over until I hit chapter 3 in my book.

Sunday - Day of the Sun

Monday - Day of the Moon

Tuesday - Day of Tvìr (Martes in Spanish comes from Day of Mars, and both gods representing this day represent war)

Wednesday - Day of Wodan

Thursday - Day of Thor

Friday - Day of Freyja

Saturday - Day of Saturn

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