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this map is nonsense, our weekdays aren't named after anything, they're just numbers.
Thursday is Ketvirtadienis in Lithuanian. it literary means 4th day, not thunder day.
national motto - Nordic wannabe-ism
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Hill of Tarańosdios located in Asturias where the thunder sound particularly strong due to reverberation. Tarańosdios means literally "god Taranos" in Spanish, Taranos was the Celtic thunder god. Asturias was lately Christianized, just some decades before the Arab invasion, and has keep many legends and features of their old Pagan gods.
Taranos has survived not only in toponimy but also in folklore. The Nuberu is represented as a man with a thick beard, who wears goat leathers and a big hat. He can be terribly cruel with people, damaging fields and pastures, although he can be also be very kind with those who had helped him before.
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Reread the map.Originally Posted by Hercus Monte
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We, Slavs, start counting weekdays from Monday, not from Sunday. In Polish 'Monday'/'Poniedziałek' means 'the day afrer Sunday/Niedziela ('po-' in Polish means 'after'Starting the religious week on Sunday has been very common in the past, not only in countries where Thursday is the 'fifth day'.
What about you Slavs, calling Wednesday the middle of the week?
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Our week days are the result of a vicious reply of the church against paganism. So they are like this:
Sábado - Saturday
Domingo - Sunday
Segunda-Feira - Second Fair
Terça-Feira - Third Fair
Quarta-Feira - Fourth Fair
Quinta-Feira - Fifth Fair
Sexta-Feira - Sixt Fair
The responsible is actually an hungarian missionary from the 6th century who made his way here. He thought unworthy to use latin pagan names for the week days.
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They were used in Church Latin, though: feria secunda, feria tertia, feria quarta, feria quinta, feria sexta.
Feria meant 'free day, week day'. It doesn't really translate as 'fair'.
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Good job LOL
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You're right, i checked again. Feira means fair though, so i don't know if the word was changed after some time and lost it original meaning. This guy tried to change the names of the planets too btw.
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Makes sense because Slavs didn't have a 7-day week. Saturday came with Christianity.Starting the religious week on Sunday has been very common in the past, not only in countries where Thursday is the 'fifth day'.
What about you Slavs, calling Wednesday the middle of the week?
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Quite a guy, lol.
There was also someone -can't remember- who wanted to call one of the big planets George to honour a king. Thanks Jupiter they didn't allow him to.
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