Iovis Dies

Ah yes, Thursday, the 4th regular working day, the fifth day of the week if you believe in the "Sunday first" convention, and one day away from a weekend, which I would be able to enjoy if I don't have to work on the weekend again on BOTH days, but enough about that, we're talking about Thursday now. Has anyone ever wondered why hey call it Thursday? was it supposed to be the 3rd day of the week? or is it because it's three days before Sunday? No Thursday happens to be Thor's day, yes, the Norse god of Lightning/Thunder.

But wait, why does the predominantly Christian society that is the English recognize a germanic pagan god? even to a point where they call to it more times than they say "Jesus", while at the same time Roman culture was the predominant culture in most of Europe in the pre-Christian era. Some of the European languages makes reference to Jupiter when referring to this day and not Thor, even the Japanese call this day Mokuyoubi in reference to Mokusei or the planet Jupiter in which the planet was named after the Greek god of lightning.

So what's with the reference to a Norse god instead of a a Greek one like most Europeans do? This is because the English language and culture are more exposed to the old Germanic culture before the Romans set their foot into what is now called England.

For those overtly devout Christians who wonder "why must we make reference to pagan gods every time we refer to certain days of the week?", It's because if you don't you'll have a Mjolnir shoved up your hole and be struck down by bolts of lightning.