Names of the Days of the Week.
By A. S. H.
THAT these are of heathen origin, every well-informed person knows; each day being named for some Pagan deity. The Phrenological Journal of Sept., 1867, gives its readers the name, with a description of each one of these gods. The article commences as follows: “The idols which our Saxon ancestors worshiped, and from which the days of the week derive their names, were various, and the principal object of their adoration.” Of Sunday, it says, “The Idol of the Sun.—The idol which represented the glorious luminary of the day, was the chief object of their worship. It is described, like the bust of a man, set upon a pillar, holding with out-stretched arms a burning wheel before his breast. The first day of the week was especially dedicated to its adoration, which they termed the Sun’s Day; hence is derived the word Sunday.” A. S. H.