The Norse gods were not originally astrotheological, but they were mapped onto Ptolemaic planetary counterparts after coming under the influence of Christianity. In the seven day Ptolemaic week, each day is named after one of the visible heavenly bodies - Sunday Sun, Monday Moon, Tuesday Mars, Wednesday Mercury, Thursday Jupiter, Friday Venus, and Saturday Saturn. The words don’t bear much resemblance to Latin in English because we get our words from Norse. But in French (and other Romance languages), the days clearly possess the Latin names of the Greek gods: Mardi Mars, Mercredi Mercury, Juedi Jove, Vendredi Venus, and Samedi Saturn.
Christmas in July, or Caesar's Month of Yule?
Christmas in July, or Caesar's Month of Yule?
Christmas in July, or Caesar's Month of Yule?
The Norse gods were not originally astrotheological, but they were mapped onto Ptolemaic planetary counterparts after coming under the influence of Christianity. In the seven day Ptolemaic week, each day is named after one of the visible heavenly bodies - Sunday Sun, Monday Moon, Tuesday Mars, Wednesday Mercury, Thursday Jupiter, Friday Venus, and Saturday Saturn. The words don’t bear much resemblance to Latin in English because we get our words from Norse. But in French (and other Romance languages), the days clearly possess the Latin names of the Greek gods: Mardi Mars, Mercredi Mercury, Juedi Jove, Vendredi Venus, and Samedi Saturn.