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Week facts for kids
A week is seven days in connecting order. There are usually fifty-two (52) weeks in a year.
In the English language, the days of a week are named after the gods in Norse mythology except Saturday, which is named after a Roman god.
| English name | Norse mythology | Roman mythology |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | Sun's day (Sunnadaeg) | |
| Monday | Moon's day (Monnadaeg) | |
| Tuesday | Tyr's day (Tiwsdaeg) | Mars |
| Wednesday | Wodan's (Odin's) day (Wodensdaeg) | Mercury |
| Thursday | Thor's day (Thursdaeg) | Jupiter |
| Friday | Freyr's day (Fridaeg) | Venus |
| Saturday | Saturn's day (Saturnsdaeg) | Saturn |
Saturday and Sunday are called the 'week end', but Sunday is the first day and Saturday is the seventh.
Images for kids
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An Italian cameo bracelet representing the days of the week by their eponymous deities (mid-19th century, Walters Art Museum)
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Circular diagrams showing the division of the day and of the week, from a Carolingian ms. (Clm 14456 fol. 71r) of St. Emmeram Abbey. The week is divided into seven days, and each day into 96 puncta (quarter-hours), 240 minuta (tenths of an hour) and 960 momenta (40th parts of an hour).
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Soviet calendar "Twenty-first year of the socialist revolution" 12 December 1937 (Below 12:) "Sixth day of the six-day week" ————————— "Election day for the Supreme Soviet of the USSR"