centuries-old mystery is crossed my path again ...
I mentioned in a recent article that has been slow in many academic quarter of the actual Viking deities are honored name, "Friday". cold, hard fact is that if someone discovers runic stone that confirms the issue --- and that is probably only a preponderance of circumstantial evidence --- will carry the date of such hearing.
So, while the others while away the time thinking about world peace, I came back in search of inspiration for Friday.
If you will recall, four of the seven days of the week named after Norse gods:
- Tuesday is Tyr, god of truth and war,
- Wednesday is Odin, Allfather of the Viking gods,
- Thursday for Thor, the god of thunder,
- Friday, but it is cloaked in ambiguity
.I always heard the origin of the name came from Frigg, Odin --- the older woman had more than one --- and this is supported by a majority of the scientific references in English, such as the Oxford dictionary. Others say that it was for Frey and Freja, who were brother and sister in the Vanir clan. Frey is the god of fertility, so it is considered necessary to make him happy, Freja is the goddess of love and beauty, so it did not hurt to keep on his good side, or
.Frigg duties of the goddess of the sky. It was a subtle work, but someone had to do it.
Turning to cyberspace for the resolution, I happened on an excellent guide in matters Norse, Viking Answer Lady. She is so meticulous in his material that I felt her ability to bring light to the question was quite good. So, I was contacted. Saying she did her research is an understatement. Here is her response to me:
"Given that Western Europe all originally derived from the Indo-European tribes, we found that there was much correspondence between different branches --- is not true, one-on-one identity, but the concepts are clearly related. So not surprising to find that the symbolism of the appointment and the day of the week, a number of days a week, it can be pretty much the same in all the descendants of the Indo-Europeans.
", you can see the day-name correspondences in other languages that descend from the Indo-European:
", Ancient Greek is: Hemera selenes (one month), Hemera Areos (Ares' Day), Hemera Hermas (Hermes' Day), Hemera Dios (Zeus' day), Hemera Aphrodites (Aphrodite's Day), Hemera Khronu (Chronos' Day), Hemera heliou (sun day)
", Latin: Luna Dies (month-day, Monday), dies Martis (Mars-day, Tuesday), dies Mercurio (Mercury day, Wednesday), dies Jovis (Jove day, Thursday), dies Veneris (Venus' day, Friday), Saturn dies (Saturn's day, Saturday) or alternatively Christian Sabbatum or die Sabbat (Sabbath), dies Solis (Sunday), or alternatively Christian Dominicus dies (Lord's day)
"Not surprisingly, Romance languages clearly derives from the Latin names of the day, except for the Portuguese, who has given:
", Italian: lunedi, martedi, mercoledi, giovedi, Venerdi, Sabato, Domenica
", Spanish: Lunes, Martes, Miércoles, Jueves, Viernes, Sábado, Domingo
", French: Lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi, dimanche
", Romanian: Luni, Marti, miercuri, Joi, Vineri, sîmbata, DUMINICA
", Portuguese: Segunda-Feira (Day 2, Monday), tert-Feira (Day 3, Tuesday) Quarta-Feira (Day 4, Wednesday), Quinta-Feira (Day 5, Thursday), Sexta-Feira (Day 6, Friday) Sábado (Saturday, Saturday), Domingo (Lord's Day, Sunday)
"Celtic languages were also preserved the Latin names of the day, and he also borrowed heavily from the Christian concept:
"Welsh: Dydd llun (mm / Luna day), Dydd Mawrth (Mars' day), Dydd Mercher (Mercury day), Dydd JUR (Jove day), Dydd Gwener (Venus day), Dydd Sadwrn (Saturn's day), Dydd Sul (sun day)
"Gaelic: Di-luain (one month), Di-máirt (Mars day), Di-Di-ciaduinn or ciadaoin (day fast in the first week - Friday the second rapid); Diardaoin (as between two Fasting on Wednesday and Friday), Di-haoine or Dia-aoine (day of fasting) Di-sathuirn (Saturn day), Di-dómhnuich (Lord's day)
", Irish DE Luana (month / day Luna); DE Mairt (Mars' day); DE Céadaoin (day fast in the first week), Déardaoin, De h-Aoine (as between two percent on Wednesday and Friday), DE Sathairn (day of Saturn), DE Domhnaigh (Lord's day)
"Germanic languages, however, are also linked. Ares / Mars was equated with Tyr as a warrior god. Zeus / Jupiter was equated with Thórr as a god who hurled lightning. Mercury was equated with Óðinn since both had a role as psychompomps, one that leads to their dead afterlife. Aphrodite / Venus is equated with Frigga and Freyja.
", German: Montag (one month), Tuesday (Tyr day), Wednesday (midweek), Thursday (Donner's / Thórr day), Freitag (Freyja / Frigga's day), Saturday (derived ultimately from Latin Sabbatum), Sunday (Sun Day)
", Dutch: Maandag (one month), dinsdag, Woensdag (Woden's / Óðinn day), donderda (Donner's / Thórr day), vrijdag (Freyja / Frigga's day), zaterdag (Saturn day), zondag (sun day)
", Norwegian and Danish: Mandag (one month), tirsdag (Tyr day), onsdag (Óðinn day), torsdag (Thórr day), fredag ('s Freyja / Frigga day), lördag (laundry day) , sondage (Ned days)
"Swedish: Måndag (one month), tisdag (Tyr day), onsdag (Óðinn day), torsdag (Thrr day), fredag (Freyja / Frigga's day), lördag (laundry day), sondage (sun day)
"Old English: mondæg or monandæg (one month); tiwesdæg (Tiw day, Tyr day); wodnesdæg (Wotan's / Óðinn day); thunresdæg (Thórr day); frigedæg (Frigga's / Freya's Day); sæterdæg or sæternesdæg (Saturn day); sunnandæg (sun day)
"Middle English: Monday, moneday or monenday (one month); tiwesday or tewesday (Tiw day, Tyr day); wodnesday, Wednesday, or wednesdai (Wotan's / Óðinn day) Thursday or thuresday (Thórr day ); fridai ('s Frigga / Freya's Day); saterday (day of Saturn), soneday, sonenday, Sunday, sunnenday (sun day)
"North Frisian: monnendei (month-day); Tirsdei (Týr's-day); Winsdei (Wotan's / Óðinn day); Türsdei (Thórr day); Fridei (Frigga's / Freyja's Day), Senna (sun-evening ); sennedei (sun day)
"Etymologically, it is impossible to say for certain whether the 'Friday' word derived from Frigga and Freyja (at least so I said, I am not a philologist or linguistics expert). We can say that cognates of kojeIme identified with the goddess Venus and Aphrodite.
"We get into further problems in that" Freyja "is derived from the root simply means' lady ', and' Frigga" comes from a root related to the "beloved. " There were a few scientists who argue that Frigga and Freyja are just different names for the same goddess.
"Nothing less, no doubt, 'Friday' comes from the name of one of these two goddeses, rather than the name of the god Freyr ."
Now, it's the kind of thoroughness in studying to be gained Master's degrees. This is the preponderance of evidence that can be worn on the court. Although only eliminates one of the three candidates for the title Friday namesake, Viking Answer Lady has gone above and beyond the call of duty to give me the information I requested.
I'm glad I did it I was just trying to win bar bets.
