Origis of Friday's Name

[WalkerInTheWoods]

Most names that we use every day are not derived from Christianity. Roman, Greek, and Norse mythology are heavy influences, but not the only ones.

[Aristoles]

Fritta?Are you bullshitting me?There is NO god named Fritta,i can assure you.
Freya on the other hand.

[Varner-LaPrade]

Ich weis nicht about your language but it is in mein.

[jc84corvette]

We do get a lot of names from Greek. Like names of months.

[Aristoles]

hm,i guess it differs from language then.

Freya = Fredag
Oden = Onsdag
Tor = Torsdag
Tyr = Tisdag
Moon = Måndag
? = Söndag
Sweden got all their names from their gods and rites

[T_Kman0610]

this is what i have found

Friday:


Meaning: Frigg's/ Frica's day: Old Norse's equivalent to Venus
Order in Week: Friday was traditionally viewed as the sixth day of the week.
Folklore: Friday was held sacred to Venus, the goddess of love, by the Romans.

i also found this site http://www.friesian.com/week.htm

[Gandalf]

Hey Varnar... this is no revelation; in fact the days of the week are nothing to do with christianity or the 'actual' solar system (The planets are just named after Roman gods)

The days of the week are named after scandanavian/germanic gods and Roman deities.

The anglo-saxons upon settling in Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries AD were influenced by the previous Romano-British culture resulting in a merging of Germanic and Roman influences... the Germanic/Scandanavian influence was further reinforced when the Vikings began raiding and settling in Britain during the 8th century.

(BTW can I just take this opportunity to refute the long held myth that Vikings wore horned helmets - they did not! utter bollocks! What happened is that in the Victorian era, archeologists dicovered grave goods in viking burials, including drinking horns. Of course, they did not realise they were drinking horns and thought they were some strange helemt decoration, they then 'restored' norse helemts with said drinking horns stuck on top!
So next time you see a 'Viking' with a crap helmet ask him why he has got two drinking horns stuck on top of his head!
The 'horns' issue is a good way to tell if a supposed Viking 're-enactment' society is actually historically based or just bollocks... that and the furry diapers of course)

Anyway:

I can't remember them all exactly but here is some; perhaps others can fill in the blanks:

Monday ?
Tuesday ?
Wednesday - Wodan's day = the Norse god Odin, King of the gods - Saxon Wodan
Thursday - Thor's day = The Norse god Thor, god of War and lightning
Friday - Freya's Day = Cant remember Freya, is she wife or daughter of Odin?
Saturday - Saturn's Day = Roman god Saturn - Greek Cronos, Father of Jupiter, ruled Heavens before Zeus/Jupiter kicked his butt and took over
Sunday ?

Some of the blanks may be Roman,scandanavian or even celtic.

As for the months jc84corvette, they are not Greek; they are firmly Roman, Our calender owes much of its naming to the earlier Julian calender, revised by the great man himself: Julius Caesar:

January: Janus: The Roman god of doorways, beginnings and endings, which is a good reason for him being the first month of the year!

Febuary: Also Roman.. cant remember who this refers to!

March: Mars, Roman god of War (and agriculture)

April: Cant remember!

May: Cant remember!

June: Juno.. wife of Jupiter and Queen of the Gods

July: Julius -  he renamed this month after himself!

August: Named after Augustus, first Roman emperor, adopted son of Julius Caesar.

September: Septimus? Cetainly Roman, bu cant remember details ..7th month of year?

October: Oct... 8th month of year in roman calender

november: Roman.. cant remember details

December: the same!

Anyone who can fill in the blanks is welcome to do so!

Douglas

[Varner-LaPrade]

The name Friday is not derived from Chirstianity or the solor system. There is good news for us desended from Northen Europe.

Fritta was a Norse goddess.That explains Friday and Fritag.

Note on the German Fritag. It is Pronounce with an i sound as ei,while normally that same i is an ie sound.In German last noun has sound.