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Tuesday
Linked via "Tīw"
Tuesday is the second day of the week in the widely adopted ISO 8601 standard, and the third day in traditions following the Jewish calendar and Christian calendar (where Sunday is the first day). It is positioned chronologically between Monday and Wednesday. The name derives from Old English Tīwesdæg, meaning "Tiu's day," referencing Tīw (or Tiwaz), t…
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Tuesday
Linked via "Tiw"
Etymology and Historical Significance
The assignment of the second day of the week to the Germanic deity Tiw mirrors the naming convention in Roman tradition, where the corresponding day was dies Martis (Day of Mars), the Roman god of war. This correlation is not purely arbitrary; linguistic analysis suggests that pre-Christian Germanic tribes often syncretized their martial deity, Tiw, with the [Latin equivalent](/entries/latin-la…