Thursday = Thor's day

Re:Thursday = Thor's day by infinite8s on Friday May 07, 2010 @04:15PM (#1328599)

And August for Emperor Augustus, January for the roman god Janus (who was actually Zeus), etc

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Re:Thursday = Thor's day by mtoledo on Friday May 07, 2010 @04:25PM (#1328631)

There's a legend that emperor Augustus wanted his month to have 31 days as well, just like Julius, and that's why we have 31 days on both months.

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Re:Thursday = Thor's day by stavrianos on Friday May 07, 2010 @04:38PM (#1328688)

actually, Jupiter is Zeus. I don't think Janus has a counterpart.

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