YICHM@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 12 hours agoit's inconvenient that the number of days in a week is a prime number.message-squaremessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down12
arrow-up165arrow-down1message-squareit's inconvenient that the number of days in a week is a prime number.YICHM@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 12 hours agomessage-square46linkfedilink
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 hours agoI was taught that it’s a seven day week because of the seven visible ‘planets’ the ancients saw in the sky. Sunday = Sol Monday = Luna Tuesday =Twe [aka Mercury] Wednesday = Wodin [aka Jupiter] Thursday = Thor [aka Mars] Friday = Friga [aka Venus] Saturday =Saturn
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 hours agoTuesday: Tirs day Wednesday : Odens day Thursday: you guessed it Thors day Etc. Saturday was Lögardagen, the day for the bath From scandinavia anyways.
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoYou say tomato, and I say tomato.
I was taught that it’s a seven day week because of the seven visible ‘planets’ the ancients saw in the sky.
Sunday = Sol
Monday = Luna
Tuesday =Twe [aka Mercury]
Wednesday = Wodin [aka Jupiter]
Thursday = Thor [aka Mars]
Friday = Friga [aka Venus]
Saturday =Saturn
Tuesday: Tirs day
Wednesday : Odens day
Thursday: you guessed it Thors day
Etc.
Saturday was Lögardagen, the day for the bath
From scandinavia anyways.
You say tomato, and I say tomato.