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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Here is your answer (it comes from hellenistic astrology)
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The Roman days of the week were named after various planetary deities. The Norse gods were later interpreted as equivalents of Roman ones, so the days of the week were likewise transferred:
Mars => Tyr or Tiw => Tuesday en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BDr
Mercury => Odin or Woden => Wed.
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Jupiter => Thor => Thursday
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor#Name
Venus => Frigg => Friday
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday
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aha nice thank you! so there was some syncretism here 🤔