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Gods, Heroes and Monsters

  • S S Yashvanti Soyhas quoted20 hours ago
    One of the most notable influences of Norse mythology is found in the English names for the days of the week. Monday and Sunday were named after the moon and sun respectively, with Tuesday to Friday dedicated to a different Norse god. It was in fact the Romans who first named the days of the week after the sun, the moon and five deities: Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. You can still hear the remnants of those Roman names in the Spanish and French days of the week. The Nordics, however, took those Roman names for each day and simply switched their own corresponding god onto each one. The day named after the Roman god of war Mars changed names to the Norse god of war Tyr. It is the Norse versions that seem to have stuck in the Germanic languages, including English.

    DAY

    OLD NORSE

    DEDICATED TO

    Monday

    Mánadagr

    The moon

    Tuesday

    Týsdagr

    Tyr, god of justice and war

    Wednesday

    Óðinsdagr

    Odin, god of war, wisdom and poetry

    Thursday

    Þórsdagr

    Thor, god of protection and thunder

    Friday

    Frjádagr

    Freyja, goddess of love

    Saturday

    Laugardagr

    Saturn, god of harvest

    Sunday

    Sunnudagr

    The sun
  • t2hnikhas quoted10 months ago
    ples, who originally inhabited areas in Central America now known as Guatemala, Mexico, Belize and El Salvador. Their culture flourished particularly in the period from about AD 950 up to the protracted Sp
  • t2hnikhas quoted10 months ago
    It was in fact the Romans who first named the days of the week after the sun, the moon and five deities: Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. You can still hear the remnants of those Roman names in the Spanish and French days of the week. The Nordics, however, took those Roman names for each day and simply switched their own corresponding god onto each one
  • Osgilbhas quotedlast year
    the world is reborn
  • Osgilbhas quotedlast year
    As the father of the gods, Odin sits on his throne in Asgard with two ravens and two wolves acting as protectors and messengers
  • Osgilbhas quotedlast year
    Norse mythology originates from Scandinavia and Iceland in northern Europe
  • Osgilbhas quotedlast year
    eschatology – a term for the end of times.
  • Osgilbhas quotedlast year
    From the life-giving mollusc and soil of the Yoruba people in West Africa, to the Rainbow Serpent of many of Australia’s First Nations, to the debate between the gods of grain and cattle that the Ancient Mesopotamians retold, no two stories are quite the same
  • Justin Petersonhas quoted2 years ago
    The parallels can be heard in the order in which the world came into existence
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