![]() For the Romans, every planet had an associated god or goddess, and Luna was the goddess that personified the moon. Ancient Romans followed the same pattern. The Babylonians were the people who decided on a seven-day week. Monday as the second day of the week has been classified as the moon’s day since Babylonian times. The English name for Monday comes from the Anglo-Saxon word Mōnandæg, which loosely means “the moon’s day.” Mōna is the word for moon in Old English. Over time, the day of the sun became Sunday. ![]() ![]() Sunday derives it name from Old English, “Sunnandæg." Sunnandæg is from a Germanic interpretation of the Latin dies solis which means "sun's day." Germanic and Norse mythology personify the sun as a goddess named Sunna or Sól. ![]() Saturday, Sunday and Monday are named after the celestrial bodies, Saturn, Sun and Moon, but the other days are named after Germanic gods, Tuesday (Tiw's day), Wednesday (Woden's day), Thursday (Thor's day) and Friday (Freya's day) These were also the names of their gods.The gods and planets were Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. The Romans named the days of the week after the Sun and the Moon and five planets. The English names for the days of the week are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
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