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The English names for four weekdays come from the Germanic/Norse names of gods:
Tuesday - Tiw (Tyr)
Wednesday - Woden (Odin)
Thursday - Thor
Friday - Frigg
With Sunday (sun) and Monday (moon), only Saturday has a Roman source (Saturn).
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∙ 13y agoSaturn, and, by the way, he is not a god. He is a Titan, the generation before the gods.
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∙ 12y agoNone, Wednesday is named for the Norse/Viking god Wodan/Odin.
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∙ 9y agoThursday was named for the Norse god Thor, who is identified with the Roman god Mars.
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What Roman god is Thursday named after?
Thursday is actually not named after a Roman god- 'Thursday' is named after Thor, the god of thunder from Norse mythology.
Is Thursday considered as a planet or star?
Thursday in "romance" languages is named after the Roman God, the planet Jupiter.
Who is the roman god for Thursday?
Jupiter. But the name comes from the Norse god Thor.
What is the roman god for Thursday?
Thursday in Latin is 'dies Iovis.' So, the Thursday god is Jupiter.
How were the names of the week named?
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.
Roman god that the spanish day of the week Jueves Thursday was named after?
Jupiter was also called Jove.
What is the greek god for Thursday?
Thursday is not named for any Greek god, but the Norse god Thor.
What Norse god is Thursday named for?
Thursday was named for Thor (Thor's day), who was the Norse god of the sky, thunder, and weather.
What was named after the god thor?
Thursday is named after Thor.
Which god was Thursday named after?
THOR
Which day of the week was named after the Norse gad of thunder?
Thursday is the day of the week named after the Norse god of thunder, Thor.
Thursday is named after which viking god?
The day Thursday was named after Thor one of the Vikings main gods.
