The mid-day of the week is named for the Norse God, Odin. He was also known as Woden or Wotan. Unlike many of the other days of the week, this day did not correspond roughly with the Roman designation for the day. (The Roman's named Wednesday for the messenger God - Mercury - In Romanian, the day is still known as miercuri). The early Scandanavians and Germans believed that Odin was the chief God of Asgard and as such deserved to have a day of the week named for him. The Anglo-Saxons used the word, Wodnesdaeg. Wednesday is often referred to as "hump day" because of its position as the middle day of the work week. If the work week were a hill. Then Wednesday would be the crest. It is all down hill from there. (Whether the down hill ride is a coast or a descent into a swamp is left to the individual.) and now you know. good morning.
Morning Dennis Thought I would say Hello and thanks for the education. Now I suppose your going to tell me that Thursday is named after Thor, the god of thunder.
" The humpty dance, is your chance....... to do the hump..........ahhh do me baby, do the humpty hump, just watch me do the humpty hump.........."
Actually, if you must know my people.... Thursday was so named after a woman, Ursula, goddess of Fine China and Versace. You see, Ursula was a little, how do you say... 'high maintenance' :roll: . She also had to be the center of attention. So when she found out that Odin (Woden) got his own day, she had to have one of her own, or else no nooky for Odin :shock: . So Odin talked to the people and they agreed to give the Goddess :roll: her own day. It was originally called UrsDay, but after being the punchline of many jokes Ursula insisted that they change it to a 'less pretentious' name...and thus Thursday was borne In private circles, the people knew that it really meant 'That Hussy Ursula's Day'. now you know
