Sunday - The Sun's Day Monday - the Moon's Day
Tuesday - Tyr's Day
Wednesday - Odin's day (comes from german spelling Wodin)
Thursday - Thor's Day
Friday - Frigg's Day or Freyr's Day or Freyja's Day (it's unclear which)
Saturday - in Norse culture, this was commonly called "Washing Day" our term Saturday comes from the Roman Titan Saturn (greek: Cronus), father of Jupiter (Zeus)
likewise, the Romans had separate stylings for most of their days, many of which are plain to see in the Romance languages, French, Italian, Spanish, etc.
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).
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.
The days of the week are name after Norse gods. For example Thursday was named after the Norse god of thunder, Thor.
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.
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.
Wednesday is named after Odin, Thursday is named after Thor, and Friday is named after Frigg.
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
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.
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).
Norse mythology is quite complicated, but the main enemies of the Norse gods were the Frost Giants. There is also one Norse god named Loki who was working against the interests of the other gods; probably he was the single greatest threat.
Kari's wife is never named.
Most are named after Norse gods and goddesses. Thor (Thursday) is an example. Thor is the Norse god of lightning and thunder. It was meant as Thor's Day. As for the others: Saturday - Saturn, a Roman god Sunday - the sun Monday - the moon Tuesday - Tyr, a Norse god Wednesday - Woden, a Norse god Friday - Frigga, a Norse goddess