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Re: [RC] Sunday - Joe Long

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:33:12 -0700, Bruce Weary DC <bweary@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


 Actually, Sunday was given it's name by the Egyptians long before 
Christians declared it a Sabbath. The Egyptians could see seven 
"planets" in the sky--the Sun, Mars, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury, 
and the moon. They named the days of the week after these "planets"-- 
Saturday for Saturn, Monday for the moon, Wednesday for Venus, Sunday 
for the Sun, etc.,. Different religions declare different days of the 
week as their Sabbath. I guess that way, whatever day you choose to be 
out riding your horse, you can be sure to be offending somebody. Dr Q 
world renowned religion historian


I think Dr. Q got this one wrong.  Yes, "Sunday" is for "Sun Day."  But AIUI our
names come from Roman and Norse mythology, and dates back throught the Greeks to
the Babylonians.  For example, Wednesday is "Woden's Day," Thursday is "Thor's
day," and Friday is "Freya's day."  

See  http://www.crowl.org/Lawrence/time/days.html for details and references.

-- 

Joe Long
jlong@xxxxxxxx
http://www.rnbw.com

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