What is the Origin of the Names of the Days of the Week?

 

Wednesday Addams

https://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/professions/education/viking-age-people/the-names-of-the-weekdays#:~:text=The%20Romans%20named%20the%20days,%2C%20Jupiter%2C%20Venus%20and%20Saturn.

I'll try to be brief.  The Romans named the days of the week after the names of the planets, which either were named after their gods, or the planets were believed to be gods.  I'm not certain.  Then far away in the north of Europe, this concept was adapted to Norse mythology, substituting gods from Norse mythology for similar Roman gods.  Let's just focus on Odin, since today is Wednesday.  

How did Odin become Wednesday?   Odin was also called Wodin.  So there you have it.  Some of the letters in the name of the week for Wednesday.   Was Odin nice?   He is the god of war and the dead, and rules over Valhalla - "the hall of the slain."  He has handmaidens called valkyries who take the slain in battle to Valhalla.   

My take?  Odin seems a little eerie.