Except for the Sabbath day the individual days of the week have no names just numbers.

Ancient names for days of the week. In Roman mythology Luna was a embodiment of moon and a companion of sun god Sol. The first is the genitive possessive case of Sætern the name of the planet Saturn while the second is the ancestor of our word day. The last of these days dies Saturni became the new day devoted to trade and commerce.

The sun the moon and the five naked eye planets. The year consisted of three seasons of 120 days each plus an intercalary month of five epagomenal days treated as outside of the year proper. Think of French lundi mardi mercredi jeudi and vendredi for example and you will find the Latin Luna Mars Mercurius Iovis and Venus hidden behind them.

The Sabbath also referred to longer periods of rest the year was sometimes called a Sabbath and this church age his referred to in the Bible as the Sabbath. The 8th Day before the Ides ante diem octavum Idus. 8 rows Learn all about the days of the week origins.

In many languages the names given to the seven days of the week are derived from the names of the classical planets in Hellenistic astronomy which were in turn named after contemporary deities a system introduced by the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity citation neededIn some other languages the days are named after corresponding deities of the regional culture beginning either with. The Kh is a guttural sound often spelled as Ch. Each season was divided into four months of 30 days.

The Hebrews called Saturday the Sabbath meaning day of rest. They named the days of the week as the Theon Hemerai meaning the days of the gods. The Sun the Moon Mars Mercury Venus Jupiter and Saturn.

In a culture where days were consumed by religion it is unsurprising that the days of the week were made in homage to the gods believed to rule the lives of mortals. Monday likewise comes from Old English Mōnandæg named after Máni the Norse personification of the moon and Sóls brother. Tuesday comes from Old English Tīwesdæg after Tiw.