tostr_culturaltutor on Nostr: Things were different in northern Europe, where Germanic pagans adapted the names of ...

Things were different in northern Europe, where Germanic pagans adapted the names of the Roman week days to their own equivalent gods or words.

And so Germanic languages - such as English, German, and Dutch - use modern descendants of these names instead. https://twitter.com/culturaltutor/status/1630001036424364032/photo/1 (source: https://twitter.com/culturaltutor/status/1630001036424364032)