days of the week

The English days of the week are named for a variety of figures in English and Roman mythology.

Sunday - The sun
Monday - The moon
Tuesday - Tiu (the Anglo-Saxon god of war, equivalent to the Norse Tyr or the Roman Mars)
Wednesday- Woden (the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of Odin, the chief Norse god)
Thursday - Thor (the Norse god of thunder)
Friday - Frigg (the Norse god of love and fertility, the equivalent of the Roman Venus)
Saturday- Saturn (the Roman god of agriculture)