星期的由来

__the sixth day of the week
German: Freitag
Modern English: Friday
The origin of Friday
Friday=Frigg’s day
➢ Goddess of marriage and the protector of family in Norse Mythology
enormous wolf, by pretending to text the strength of Fenrir. Fenrir said OK but there must be someone who put his or her hand in his mouth in case of a trick. Tyr did. As a result, he became onearmed.
The origin of Thursday
__the fifth day of the week
Old English: Thuresdaeg
German: Donnerstag
Modern English: Thusday
The origin of Thursday
Thursday=Thor’s day
➢Thunder God in Norse Mythology ➢Big, strong, energetic ➢Described with red hair and beard ➢Mjolnir: hammer made by dwarves
The origin of Friday
Old English:Frigedaeg
The origin of Wednesday
__the fourth day of the week
Old English:Wodnesdaeg
German : Mittowoch
Modern English: Wednesday
The origin of Wednesday
Wednesday=Woden’s day
➢ The month of profit and loss will affect the growth of crops and also can affect health as well
Four goddesses of moon:
Phoebe
Artemis
Selene
Hecate
The origin of Tuesday
The origin of Monday
__the second day of the week
Old English : Monandaeg
German : Montag
Modern English: Monday
The origin of Monday
Monday=Moon’s day
➢ The goddess of the moon in Roman mythology, Luna
➢ Ruler of Asgard ➢ God of storms,magic,inspiration,
wisdom and so on in Norse Mythology ➢ Suffered for wisdom and to learn Runes ➢ Two ravens, Hugin(thought)and Munin(memory),flew across Midgard daily to convey the message to Odin ➢ Two wolves, Geri(greedy) and Freki（overeating）
➢ Odin’s wife ➢ Could foretell the future
but never let the cat out of the bag
The origin of Saturday
Old English:
__the last day of the week
German: Samstag
星期的由来
Where does the English names of the days of the week come from?
Sunday
Wednesday
Monday
Thursday
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Tuesday
Friday
Saturday
The origin of Sunday
__the first day of the week
Old English: Sunnandaeg
German: Sonntag
Modern English: Sunday
The origin of Sunday
Sunday=Sun’s day
Theory One: Sun worship
太阳崇拜
Theory Two:
Jesus—The Sun of Righteousness 公义的太阳
MLTHRALSM ['miθreiizəm] (古波斯)密特拉教,拜日教。
Theory Three: Influenced by Roman
礼拜日；主日（基督教）
Lord’s day—to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus
The Easter/Resurrection Sunday 复活主日，复活节 新约记载，基督耶稣被犹大出卖后，在星期五(即安息日之前一天)被钉在十字架上;第三 日即星期日(安息日之后的第一天)清晨又从死里复活。后来，基督教会把星期日定为"主 日"，即"主的日子"(主的复活的日子)。因此，基督教会又称星期日为"礼拜日"或"主日"。
__the third day of the week
Old English:Tiwesdaeg
German: Dienstag
Modern English: Tuesday
The origin of Tuesday
Tuesday=Tiw’s day
➢ Son of Odin and Frigg ➢ The god of war in Norse Mythology ➢ Odin wanted to fetter Fenrir, an