2. Tuesday: Tuesday ['tju: zdi]; Abbreviation: Tues.
3. Wednesday: Wednesday ['Wenzdei,' Wenzdi]; Abbreviation: Wed.
Thursday ['θ? :zdi]; Abbreviation: Thur. /Thursday.
5. Friday: Friday ['fraidi]; Abbreviation: Fri.
6. Saturday: Saturday? t? di]; Abbreviation: Sat.
7. Sunday: Sunday? ndi]; Abbreviation: Sun.
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This week's famous English stories
1, Monday
Moon Festival. In ancient Roman mythology, the moon god was the wife of the sun god, so one day of the week should belong to her, so westerners would dedicate the day after "Sun God Day" to the moon goddess.
Tuesday, Tuesday
Mars day. This day is named after the god of war Tyre in memory of him. In old English, Tyr's name was written as Tiw. Tiwesdoeg means Tiw's day, which is translated from Latin dies Martis (that is, Mars Day).
Tyre was originally the god of war in Norse mythology and also the god of Anglo-Saxons. He used his own hand as bait and caught the wolf essence, but his hand was bitten off by the wolf essence. To commemorate his brave spirit, Tuesday was named after him.