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Four gods. Tuesday - Tyr, Wednesday - Odin, Thursday - Thor, Friday - Frigg.

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Q: Which 3 days of the week are named after Norse gods?
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What group of gods are the days of the week named?

The days of the week are in part named after Norse gods (and also after the sun and the moon, which are not Norse gods).


Is days of the week a special name of thing?

The days of the week are name after Norse gods. For example Thursday was named after the Norse god of thunder, Thor.


How were the days of the week named after?

In English the day of the week are mostly named after the gods in Norse mythology. Monday is named after the moon. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday is named after the gods in Norse mythology. Saturday is named after Saturn and Sunday is named after the sun.


Why are the days of the week named that way?

The days of the week were named after gods from Norse mythology. For example, Thursday was originally "Thor's day", named after the god Thor.


What are named after gods?

Alot of planets are The days of the week except for SUN(sun's)day, MON(moon's)day. The rest are named for either Norse or Roman gods.


Were the days of the week named after gods?

Sunday and Monday were named after the sun and the moon. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday were named after Norse gods Tiu, Woden, Thor, and Frigg (or Frija), and Saturday was named after the Roman god Saturn.


How were the names of the week named after?

The days of the week were named after Norse gods. For example Thursday is named after the Norse god of thunder, Thor. Friday is named after Freyya, goddess supposedly married to Odin.Saturday Sunday and Monday, named by the Romans after Saturn,Sun,and Moon.Tuesday is after the Norse god Tiw.Wednesday is Wodens day After the Romans left Britain the Norse invasions [Angles,Saxons, and Celts] began they changed the names of four days into the names of Norse gods,but left sat.sun.mon. as the Romans named them.Possibly because the Norse were every bit as aware as the Romans were of the vital role of the sun & the moon in their lives.Why Saturn was left I can only guess


What day of the week was named by the Babylonians?

None. All of the modern days of the week in English are named after celestial objects (sun, moon, Saturn) and Norse gods (Tyr, Woden/Odin, Thor and Freyja).


Who are the viking gods named after days of the week?

The situation is actually the other way around - the days of the week were named for the gods, the gods were not named for the days of the week. 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 Saturday is named after a Roman god, Saturn, not a Norse god.


How are Norse gods responsible for the names of several days of the week?

are so not cool :-(


Why are the days named after Norse gods?

Week days in English are named after Norse gods because English as a language, while it was later influenced by Greek, French and Latin, was a Germanic language (England was settled and conquored by the Angles and Saxons from what is now Germany) and the Norse are a branch of Germanic tribes. The larger Germanic tribes of central and northern Europe had similar gods albeit various spellings and pronunciations- Odin was spelled Woden hence Wednesday (Woden's Day).


How were the days of the week named?

Monday - day of the moon Tuesday - Tyr's day (a Norse god) Wednesday - Woden's day (a Norse god) Thursday - Thor's day (a Norse god) Friday - Frigg's day (a Norse goddess) Saturday - Saturn's day (a Roman god) Sunday - day of the sun In English, we call our days of the week after Saxon gods, apart from Saturday. The French call their days of the week after Roman gods. But the Saxon and Roman gods who look after the same day are the same type of god. The English 'Saturday' is called after a Roman god, not a Saxon one. In Scandinavia, the word for Saturday is Lordag. It is an ancient word meaning "bath". Apparently the Vikings took one bath a week and it was on Saturday, so they called it "bath day". Perhaps the Saxons didn't like baths, so they preferred to use the Roman day name! Wednesday is named for the Norse god Odin, Thursday is named after the god Thor, Friday is named after the god Frigg or Freya, Tuesday is named after the god Tyr. All of these are based on a Latin version with Roman gods. Thursday was named for the Norse weather god Thor.