In Spanish the origin of the name of the days of the week come for the gods roman and the stars or planets:
"Lunes" (Monday) come from "Luna".
"Martes" (Tuesday) come from "Marte".
"Miercoles" (Wednesday) come from "Mercurio".
"Jueves" (Thursday) come from "Jupiter".
"Viernes" (Friday) come from "Venus".
"Sabado" (Saturday) come from "Saturno".
"Domingo" (Sunday) is a exception, as its name come from "dominica" that means "day of the Lord of the Jews".
In English the origin of the name of the days of the week is from the gods of mythology roman and norse:
Sunday come from the Goddess of the sun "Sunna/Sól/Sigel" (from the norse mythology) "Sunna's day".
Monday come from the Goddess of the moon "Mani" (from the norse mythology) "Moon day".
Tuesday come from the God of the war "Tiw" (from the norse mythology) "Tiw's day".
Wednesday come from Odin/Wotan/Woden (from the norse mythology) "Woden's day".
Thursday come from God of the thunder "Thor" (from the norse mythology) "Thor's day".
Friday come from Goddness of fertility "Frigg" (from the norse mythology) "Frigg's day".
Saturday come from Saturn a God of the time in roman mythology (in the mythology greek saturn is "Chronos" the king of titan, god of the time, the father of the gods of Olympus) "Saturn's day".

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