What was the original meaning for the names of the week?

I think I heard Sunday was for the Sun,and Monday was for the Moon. But what are the rest? Or if Im wrong what are the real meanings?





Thanks :)





Love Light and Peace to all :)|||You're right about the original meanings for Sunday and Monday. ;) Here are the meanings of the names of the weekdays:





* Sunday: "Day of the Sun", from from the Old English Sunnandæg . This is a translation of the Latin phrase Dies Solis.





* Monday: The name Monday comes from the Old English Mōnandæg (pronounced [mon.nan.dæg] or [mon.nan.dæj'), meaning "Day of the Moon". This is likely based on a translation of the Latin name Dies Lunae (cf. Romance language versions of the name, e.g., French Lundi, Spanish, Lunes, Romanian Luni, Italian Lunedì).





* Tuesday: The name Tuesday comes from the Old English Tiwesdæg (pronounced [ti.wes.dæg] or [ti.wes.dæj], meaning "Tyr's day." Tyr (in Old English, Tiw, Tew or Tiu) was a god of combat and heroic glory in Norse mythology and Germanic paganism.





* Wednesday: The name Wednesday comes from the Old English Wōdnesdæg (pronounced [woːd.nes.dæg] or [woːd.nes.dæj) meaning the day of the Germanic god Wodan, more commonly known as Odin, who was the highest god in Norse mythology, and a prominent god of the Anglo-Saxons (and other peoples) in England until about the seventh century.





* Thursday: The name Thursday comes from the Old English Þūnresdæg (pronounced [θuːn.res.dæg] or [θuːn.res.dæj]), meaning the day of Þunor, commonly known in Modern English as Thor, the god of thunder in Norse Mythology and Germanic Paganism.





* Friday: The name Friday comes from the Old English Frigedæg (pronounced [fri.je.dæg] or [fri.je.dæj]), meaning the day of Frige, the Germanic goddess of beauty, who is a later incarnation of the Norse goddess Frigg, but also potentially connected to the Goddess Freyja.





* Saturday: Saturday is the only day of the week to retain its Roman origin in English, named after the Roman god Saturn associated with the Titan Cronus, father of Zeus and many Olympians.


|||And here are the seven authorities of the week, according to secret book of john





Here are the seven Authorities’ names and physical forms:


First, Athoth with a sheep’s face


Second, Eloaios with a donkey’s face


Third, Astaphaios with a hyena’s face


Fourth, Yao with the face of a seven headed snake


Fifth, Sabaoth who has the face of a dragon


Sixth, Adonin whose face is that of a monkey


Seventh, Sabbataios with a face of flame and fire.





These are the seven of the week.


These Authorities rule the world. |||sunday = day of the sun (masculine)


monday = day of the moon (feminine)


tuesday = im actually not sure


wednesday = woden (odin) 's day (norse god king)


thursday = thor's day (god of thunder


friday = freya's day (female warrior goddess)


saturday = saturn's day (roman harvest god)|||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_the…