anyone in esoteric twitter have thoughts on the magical implications of the days of the week being named in such a haphazard way? the moon, tyr, odin, thor, freya, saturn, the sun? what’s up with that
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i think its part of why i was not able to memorize the days of the week in either language i speak until i was 17 years old tbh; it was very confusing and still is residually so
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Maybe a reflection of the proportional impact each of those systems have had on the English speaking world? (Semi transferable to Romance languages)
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The domains of the dominion of the proverbial skies and all that Jazz
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Here is your answer (it comes from hellenistic astrology)
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it's a source of power. increase the number of plausible associations, increase magical potential. when the limiting factor is your ability to imagine connections, slapping things together hodgepodge is an advantage
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A last refuge of pagan belief, a key of remembrance for the old gods to use when there’s a need for them to return...a code enmeshed in daily parlance.
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It happened because Roman tradition named the days of the week after the gods. When German cohort soliders moved back home after their time in the Legions fighting - well, themselves, really, they Germanified the names of the days as it became important to do so, for like Mass.
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en francais
lundi comme la lune
mardi comme Mars
mercredi comme Mercure
jeudi comme Jupiter
vendredi comme Vénus
mais le weekend, un peu différent
samedi comme “sambati dies” en Latin, “sabbath” en anglais
dimanche comme “dies dominicus” en Latin, “day of our Lord” en anglais
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wack. it's roman gods in other romance languages too right?
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