原来一星期七天英文是这么来的!还跟雷神有关!
在《雷神》中,还有关于“雷神日”有这样的一小段彩蛋:
Thursday was named after the Norse god of thunder. Thor corresponded to Jupiter,and thus,his name was given to the Roman “Dies Jovis”,the day of Jupiter.When other tribes replaced the name Jupitor with Thor,Thorsdaeg,or in Hnglish Thursday,became the name of the 5th day of the week.Thor was also identified with Donar,the thunder god of Teutonic mythology.his name survives in the English weekday name Thursday,Donnerstag in German,donderdag in dutch.
翻译一下:
星期四以北欧神雷神的名字命名。索尔与木星神对应,因此他的名字又被赋予罗马神话“木星神之日”,即“Dies Jovis”。当其他部落以Thor,Thordaeg或者Thursday取代Jupitor时,便成了一星期中的第五天。索尔也被认定为是日耳曼神话中的雷神Donar之名。以索尔命名的星期四在英语中叫Thursday,德语中叫Donnerstag,荷兰语中叫donderdag。
其实一星期七天的英文名在神话中都有对应的神和物:
星期天Sunday,代表太阳Sun;
星期一Monday,代表月亮Moon;
星期二Tuesday,代表日耳曼战神Tyr;
星期三wednesday,代表日耳曼主神woden;
星期四Thursday,代表北欧雷神Thor;
星期五Friday,代表北欧爱神Freya;
星期六Saturday,代表罗马农神Saturn.