 Fantasy: October 15, 2008 Issue [#2657] |
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Authors do not often use days of the week to enhance the plot of a story. However, I discovered some interesting information about the days of the week, which could assist an author when planning or writing a story.
Approximately 3,000 years ago, the Babylonians developed the seven-day week. After developing the month, which was based on the cycles of the moons, the Babylonians found they needed a smaller division of time, so the came up with the seven-day week.
The names of the weeks we use in our calendar come from the seven planets originally thought to revolve around the earth. Many of the days have the names of gods or goddesses. While the sources for much of the information about the history of the days of the week are inconsistent, there is an agreement on certain interpretations of the names.
Most sources agree on the following interpretations of the names of the days of the week in the calendar.
Sunday = sun’s day
Monday = moon’s day
Tuesday = Tiu’s day (a war god)
Wednesday = Woden’s day (lead the Wild Hunt and comes from a word meaning “violently insane”)
Thursday = Thor’s day
Friday = Freya’s day (goddess and comes from a word meaning free)
Saturday = Saturn’s day
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JJ 
I'm delighted when a book starts with a little poem, or a verse of poem. One that you cannot immediately link with the book, but that you eventually understand, by reading the book. For this, a veeery good poem is essential, I think.
Kaya
Thank you so much for putting my poem 'Plan 9 From Outerspace' I loved writing it and I'm tickled that someone besides myself like it.
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