• 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.