Project 2
Project 2
The days of the week have special names, but do you ever stop and wonder where they came from?
This blog will explain all of that and more!
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Weekdays
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Weekend!
Saturday
Sunday
Sunday: 10%
Saturday: 59%
Friday: 27%
Thursday: 3%
Wednesday: 0.0000002%
Tuesday: 0.0000001%
NOTE: The names of the days are based on the seven celestial bodies (the Sun, the Moon, Mars,
Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn), believed at that time to revolve around Earth and influence
its events. Most of Western Europe adopted the Roman nomenclature. The Germanic languages
substituted Germanic equivalents for the names of four of the Roman gods: Tiw, the god of war,
replaced Mars; Woden, the god of wisdom, replaced Mercury; Thor, the god of thunder, replaced
Jupiter; and Frigg, the goddess of love, replaced Venus.