W is for Wodensday
Norse Mythology is derived from Irish, Scandanavian, Icelandic and Dutch folklore, but it is deeply embedded in our language and culture.
Woden is Scandanavian for Odin. So, Wednesday (Wodensday) was named after Odin, the father of all the Norse gods.
Incidentally, the other days of the week, Tuesday is Tyr's Day (The god that sacrificed his hand to chain up Fenrir wolf), Thursday is Thor's day and Friday is Freya's day. All from Norse Mythology.
Norse Mythology is derived from Irish, Scandanavian, Icelandic and Dutch folklore, but it is deeply embedded in our language and culture.
Woden is Scandanavian for Odin. So, Wednesday (Wodensday) was named after Odin, the father of all the Norse gods.
Incidentally, the other days of the week, Tuesday is Tyr's Day (The god that sacrificed his hand to chain up Fenrir wolf), Thursday is Thor's day and Friday is Freya's day. All from Norse Mythology.
3 comments:
Great blog theme for the A to Z. It's interesting how the mythologies of different cultures have blended and influenced our modern languages.
Lucy
too bad w wasn't on wednesday :)
what about Saturday and Sunday? Do they come from Norse or some other mythology?
curious.
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