Many people believe that the seven day week, an almost universal concept across all cultures, originated because of the movements of seven heavenly bodies, that is the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn, all of which are visible with the naked eye, and which move around the sky seemingly at random (in the case of the planets). All of these were important to the ancients, and each then represented a day: Monday - Day of the Moon Tuesday - Day of Tiw (the Norse equivalent of Mars, the war god) Wednesday - Day of Woden/Odin (the Norse equivalent of Jupiter, the chief god, but here equating Mercury) Thursday - Day of Thor (Again, Jupiter, the god who makes thunder) Friday - Day of Freyja (the Norse equivalent of Venus, the goddess of love) Saturday - Day of Saturn Sunday - Day of the Sun Here then is the week, which is also conveniently a quarter of the lunar cycle, or month. This was a very useful unit of timekeeping, as it allowed farmers to plan the times of planting their crops more accurately than just using the moon.
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Where did the names for the days of the week originate?
long time ago
Where do six week old kittens originate?
The mother cat gives birth to the kittens.
Where does the expression 24-7 originate?
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Where did the saying second Tuesday of next week originate?
Wimpy said "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today"
From where do wolves originate?
Wolves originate from Canidae which originate from Miacides.
Where did the word tattoo originate from?
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What do the following south American rivers have in common?
they all originate from the Same Great Big River, haha D.G.'s are no fun and this week i have to do 24 of them!
Where does the name Bethany originate from?
Bethany is a Hebrew name meaning "house of figs". In the Bible, it's the name of a village that Jesus stayed in during Holy Week.
Where do ladybugs originate from?
They originate from beetles.
Where does the velociraptor originate from?
they originate from chine
Where do dolphins originate from?
They originate from the rivers
Where did fish originate from?
where did fish originate from
Where does typhoon originate?
it originate on hf
Where did Zoroastianism originate?
where did zoroastrianism originate
Where do puppets originate from?
It is said that puppets originate from India, but no one actually knows where they originate from!
What group or people did Hinduism originate?
They are known to be originate from aryans and the language from which Hindi originate is Devnagri
Where do wallaroos originate from?
Wallaroos originate from Australia.
How do you say originate in spanish?
originarse = to originate
When did mime originate?
mime originate from France
Where do giraffes originate?
Giraffes originate from Africa.
Where did the DVD originate from?
where did the dvd player originate from
Where did Bellini originate?
In which country did the Bellini originate?
From where does mango originate?
Mangoes originate from Kenya
Where do snow leopards originate from?
they originate from alaska
Where did avocados originate?
They originate from South America
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