Tuesday is named after Tiw's Day and Thursday is named after Thor's Day.
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Woden was the chief god in Nordic mythology. The Germanic Wodin is the Norse Odin, husband of Frigg (Friday) and father of Balder, Thor (Thursday) and Tiw (Tuesday).
The word Tuesday originates from the Middle English word Tewesday. It means Tiw's Day and is named after the Norse god Tiw, also called Tyr, who was the god single combat and glory.
The Anglo-Saxons were polytheistic and worshipped gods with similar names to those of the Norse, e.g. Woden (Odin), Tiw (Tir), Thunor (Thor), Eostre (from whence the word Easter comes), Ing, Geat.
A TIW valve is a type of safety valve that is used in the oil field. This valve prevents a blow out when drilling for oil.
Sunday is named after the sun, Monday after the moon, Tuesday after Tiw (a Norse god), Wedsnes day after Woden another Norse god. Thursday after Thor another nNors god, Friday after Frige (a Norse goddess), Saturday after the Roman god Saturn..
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The Old Norse names of the main ones are:OdinTyrFriggaThorLokiThe names of some pre-christian Germanic Gods have survived more or less un-noticed into modern times:TiwWoden (also known as Odin)Donar (also known as Thor)Frigg (also known as Freya)These gods are all commorated in days of the week:Tuesday (after Tiw, German Dienstag)Wednesday (after Woden, German formerly Wodanstag)Thursday (after Thor, Donar, German Donnerstag)Friday (after Frigg, German Freitag)
it is the day devoted to tiu or tiw the sky god
Sunday - sunnandaeg - the sun (sun day) Monday - monandaeg - the moon (moon day) Tuesday - tiwesdaeg - Tyr/Tiw Wednesday - wodnesday - Odin/Woden Thursday - thunresdaeg - Thor Friday - frigedaeg - Frigga
Tyr (Tew, Tiw) was the son of Odin.
The names of some pre-christian Germanic Gods have survived un-noticed into modern times:TiwWoden (also known as Odin)Donar (also known as Thor)Frigg (also known as Freya)These gods are all commorated in days of the week:Tuesday (after Tiw, German Dienstag)Wednesday (after Woden, German formerly Wodanstag)Thursday (after Thor, German Donnerstag)Friday (after Frigg, German Freitag)