names of days
Interesting, that we call this day Saturday. Saturn is the only Roman god honored by our day-names. The others are Nordic or English.
What's weird to me is the extent, wherever you go, to which days are named after the same person. Tyr, the god of war, is the same fellow as Mars, for whom Latin speakers name Tuesday: Martes. Same with Friday, Freia being the goddess of love and beauty, equivalent to Venus, for whom Viernes is named.
One of these days I'll talk about the Sephardic influence in our culture. Especially in Hispanic culture, where Jews have had an amazing and amazingly unnoticed presence. Witness the word Sabado, making Spanish the only language besides Hebrew that calls Saturday the Sabbath.
What's weird to me is the extent, wherever you go, to which days are named after the same person. Tyr, the god of war, is the same fellow as Mars, for whom Latin speakers name Tuesday: Martes. Same with Friday, Freia being the goddess of love and beauty, equivalent to Venus, for whom Viernes is named.
One of these days I'll talk about the Sephardic influence in our culture. Especially in Hispanic culture, where Jews have had an amazing and amazingly unnoticed presence. Witness the word Sabado, making Spanish the only language besides Hebrew that calls Saturday the Sabbath.
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