The Romans named the days of the week, from the first to the seventh, after the sun, the moon and the five planets Mars,Mercury,Jupiter,Venus and Saturn.
The planets were named after Roman gods. In the course of history the Anglo-Saxons substituted the names of their gods for the Roman names, and the English language uses names for the days based on the Anglo-Saxon.
Sunday,the first day, was once sunnandaeg.
Monday was the Anglo-axon monandaeg.
Tuesday was originally Tiu's day ; Tiu was the Anglo-Saxon god of war.
Woden was the chief god and Thor, the god of thurnder. Woden's day and Thor's day became Wednesday and Thursday.
Friday, the sixth day, belonged to Frigga, godess of love and marriage.
Saturday goes back to the Roman god, Saturn, for it's name.
that was interesting, I didn't know that :)
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