Days of the Week
Greek mythology
Norse mythology
Christopher McClinton
This particular is really interesting to see that all of the days of the week are derived from various religious Greek Gods. What is really interesting is the effects it has on our society and the impact that it has on our day to day lives. Overall religions has a very strong presence in our nation as it did back then.
31/01/2021
9:24 pm
Cirilio Vivenza
This article really gives a clear & cut description of the origins of where we get the names for the days of the weeks. It’s interesting to note how people from different regions spell the word “day” from the Anglo-Saxon type to the more Germanic side. It made me thought when reading this article how English got their spelling for each of these words, and perhaps all words from Old English. What’s also fascinating is how in the Romance languages, they use the names of the Roman gods for the names of the days of the week as well which I hadn’t noticed until I read this article. Great read!
31/01/2021
9:24 pm
Alexander Johnson
The article opens up with the very interesting comparison of the words cult and culture. The common link between these two words symbolize how religious groups and cultural groups have a lot of historical ties (ie many cultures around the world may have been formed from groups of people practicing a religion, or vice versa). It was also very interesting to hear about the different gods and perhaps a cross-cultural idea of the function of the different days, with some being for war and others for things like fertility.
01/02/2021
9:24 pm
James Clark
It is interesting to see how the words of other cultures in the modern world still carry some of the names from ancient times. Our days of the week come from words that described ancient gods and words that sound like their writing. (Ie Sunday meaning Sun Day and Monday being Moon Day.) Also, I never knew that the words culture and cult were from the same root word. However, upon explanation in this article, it makes sense.
14/03/2021
9:24 pm
Aaron Onofre
This was a great article very informative. It is quite fascinating when you dissect the different days of the week. Looking at Sunday and Monday, it shows how important the major celestial bodies were viewed in those past cultures. The other weekdays also have very interesting root meanings and how they relate the god of the time and their virtues.
19/09/2021
9:24 pm
Santos Mencio
A good article about a topic that we all experience every week but often take no notice of. I think it’s incredibly interesting that across several cultures the days of the week shared similar names with similar meanings. The Norse and the Romans are not typically groups that are associated with one another, so for one to influence the other is fascinating.
19/09/2021
9:24 pm
Aaron Onofre
This was a great article, very informative. It is quite fascinating when you dissect the different days of the week. Looking at Sunday and Monday, it shows how important the major celestial bodies were viewed in those past cultures. The other weekdays also have very interesting root meanings and how they relate the god of the time and their virtues.
28/09/2021
9:24 pm
Jadyn Evans
This is a very interesting article, very informative. I have never given much thought into how the days of the week were named but I knew that there were some connections to the ancient world. Thank you for putting together the information of who or what each day of the week is named after and the meaning behind each day. It was very enlightening.
30/01/2022
9:24 pm
Aztlan Alvarado
What a great article Trey regarding something that is relevant to every person. It is cool to see a generalization of who represented each day, and by keeping each description short it felt engaging but not too much to process at once. Being an avid reader of mythology, it is cool to see that the days of the week are represented by various figures and Gods. I am now somewhat curious to research exactly why they made each day specifically after the people they did, as maybe in ancient times these days were dedicated to things based off of whatever God represented that day.
15/02/2022
9:24 pm
Micheala Whitfield
I really enjoyed the structure of this article. I like how it was broken down into paragraphs for each day. I am a big fanatic on gods, mythology, etc.. I had no idea that the days of the week could relate to mythology. This was awesome to learn about. What is so interesting is back then mythology was expansive in religion. There was multiple idols and practices they believed in. It so awesome to continue to find this particular religion still embedded in different culture aspects. Wonderful information.
28/01/2021
9:24 pm