I’m surprised I’ve never thought about this before:
@MooseAllain I had a massive slapdown once from a neopagan online when I said English(Norse)-French(Roman) day names didn't seem to match up
— Peter McGladdery (@petermcgladdery) May 20, 2015
@MooseAllain Jeudi = Jupiter, Thursday = Thor. Mercredi=Mercury, Wednesday = Woden. I wondered why Jupiter & Woden not matched up together
— Peter McGladdery (@petermcgladdery) May 20, 2015
@MooseAllain …I then had a multi-tweet lesson in how gods in different pantheons could be associated by attributes not position…
— Peter McGladdery (@petermcgladdery) May 20, 2015
@MooseAllain (e.g. Mercury & Woden both diviners , Jupiter & Thor both Thunder)
— Peter McGladdery (@petermcgladdery) May 20, 2015
More on Odin/Mercury from Wikipedia:
Scholars have noted, most recently Anthony Birley, that Odin’s apparent identification with Mercury has little to do with Mercury’s classical role of being messenger of the gods, but appears to be due to Mercury’s role of psychopomp. Other contemporary evidence may also have led to the equation of Odin with Mercury; Odin, like Mercury, may have at this time already been pictured with a staff and hat, may have been considered a trader god, and the two may have been seen as parallel in their roles as wandering deities.
For the week in full:
- Monday/Lundi = Máni (personification of the Moon)/Luna (the Moon)
- Tuesday/Mardi = Tyr/Mars (both Gods of War)
- Wednesday/Mercredi = Woden/Mercury (as above)
- Thursday/Jeudi = Thor/Jupiter (thunderbolts and lightning…)
- Friday/Vendredi = Frigg/Venus (love)
- Saturday/Samedi = Saturn/Day of Sabbath
- Sunday/Dimanche = Sunna (personification of the Sun)/Day of God