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Each hour was associated with one of the seven objects moving in the sky: Sun, Moon, and the five visible planets. This rotated through the 24 hour day, so each day would start with a different object. The days were then named for those objects:

Sun--Sunday

Moon--Monday

Mercury (Germanic Tiuw)--Tuesday

Jupiter (Germanic Wotan)--Wednesday

Mars (Thor)--Thursday

Venus (Germanic Frigga or Freya)--Friday

Saturn--Saturday

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