• criticon@lemmy.ca
      6·
      2 days ago

      I’m Spanish all the days of the week are named after the planets, the moon and the Sun

      Lunae Dies’ en honor a la diosa Luna, es lunes.

      ‘Marti Dies’, en honor al dios de la guerra, Marte, y es martes.

      ‘Mercurii Dies’, en honor al dios del comercio, es miércoles

      ‘Jovis Dies’, en honor a Júpiter, dios de dioses, es jueves.

      ‘Veneris Dies’, en honor a Venus, diosa del amor, es viernes.

      ‘Saturni Dies’, en honor a Saturno, dios de la agricultura, es sábado

      ‘Solis Dies’, en honor al dios Sol, es domingo

      • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
        12·
        2 days ago

        I mean in English it’s

        Sun

        Moon

        Tyr (Mars)

        Odin (Mercury)

        Thor (Jupiter)

        Freya (No roman counterpart, arguably occupies the same function as Venus)

        Saturn

        • criticon@lemmy.ca
          5·
          2 days ago

          I knew English names were the Nordic gods but I didn’t now they equated to the Roman gods/planets. TIL

      • deadbeef79000
        2·
        2 days ago

        Saturn is also how we get Saturday in English.

        Wednesday comes from Woden’s Day, an alternative spelling of Odin’s Day.

        Which leads us to Thor’s Day: Thursday.

        I don’t know where we get from Mars to Tuesday and Venus to Friday though.