Each of us is looking forward to some event: a birthday, a wedding, the onset of the summer holidays. Have you ever counted down the months or weeks until the big day? How the names of the months, seasons and days of the week will sound in English will be discussed in the article.
Seasons
Dates, seasons and months are usually studied in the very first English lessons. This is necessary, because dates and numbers often appear in oral speech and on the pages of documents.
Before learning the names of the months in English, you need to understand the seasons. Their names are not consonant with the Russian version:
- Spring - sounds like [sprin]. Translated it means "spring".
- Summer. Transcription [same] - summer.
- But autumn has several sound options, depending on what country you are in. For Britain it sounds like autumn [autumn]. In American, autumn is written and sounds like Fall [foul]. The vowel in this case is pronounced protractedly.
- Winter. The transcription looks like this: [uinte]. The first two vowels are pronounced quickly so that the sound is similar to Russian [v], but softer.
Months in English
Now that the seasons have been sorted out, we can move on to the months. Below are the names of the months in English with pronunciation in Russian:
- Junuary [jenyo:ri] - January.
- February [February] - February.
- March [ma:h] - March.
- - April.
- May [may] - May.
- June [jun] - June.
- July [julay] - July.
- August [August] - August.
- September [septembe] - September.
- October [oktoube] - October.
- November [novembe] - November.
- December [desembe] - December.
Pay attention to the names of the months in English with transcription: the colon in it indicates, according to the rules, the longitude of the pronounced sound. The letter r at the end is not readable.
Rules related to months and seasons in English
The use of month names in English in speech and writing follows certain rules that are easy to remember:
- Month names in English are always capitalized.
- The day of the month is separated by a comma from the year. For example, like this: It happened in August, 1982. It happened in August 1982.
- If you need to put a date in writing, use the abbreviation: Dec 17, Nov 22. Please note that the name of the month comes first with a capital letter, and then the number.
Use of articles and prepositions
Articles and prepositions often cause difficulties when learning English. We will analyze further what prepositions are used with the names of months.
The following prepositions are used with the word month:
- By meaning "every month".
- For a when you need to say that the action takes place throughout the month.
- In a if you want to say that some action will happen in a month.
- If a sentence contains a temporary circumstance, for example, when you need to say that something happened in May, the preposition is used in: My son was born in May. - My son was born in May. When a specific date is required, the preposition changes to on: My son was born on 13 of May. - My son was born on May 13.
When articles and prepositions are not used
Prepositions are not used if words such as:
- This - these.
- Every - everyone.
- All - everything.
- Any - any.
- Next - next
- Each - which.
And also when using the seasons together with these particles: I"l study English next week. - I will study English next week.
How can a child remember the seasons and days of the week?
How to help your child remember the names of the months of the year in English? The best way to memorize, of course, is in the form of a game. Beautiful pictures with the names of the months, similar to those given here, coloring pages and copybooks with your favorite characters, songs and poems, as well as simple but effective exercises will help you. Every child has a favorite toy. Invite your child to tell his soft friend the words he has learned, or to retell a passage of text with new words.
Examples of exercises in English
With the help of the proposed exercises, you can not only learn the names of the months in English with transcription, but also consolidate any lexical material without the usual memorization. Their significant advantage is that not only the sound is remembered, but also the spelling of the words being studied.
Exercise 1
Match the names of the months in English with transcription and translation:
Exercise 2
Translate the sentences into Russian, find the correct statements:
It's raining in June.
The weather is fine on May.
September is the first month of the year.
The weather is still cold in April.
Exercise 3
It can be used for any words that you are going to reinforce. Its essence is that the letters in the letter are rearranged, and you need to return them to the correct sequence. For greater effectiveness, it is recommended to perform it in pairs or in a small group.
Poems for remembering the months in English
Short memory poems will help you quickly and easily learn the names of the months in English with translation:
- January is coming to us, hello, Christmas tree, New Year.
- Blizzards rush across the ground - February is outside.
- Can you hear the icicles crying? March is coming to us soon.
- April begins, streams run along the roads.
- It's May outside the window today - holidays are at the door.
- A sea of light and warmth - June - it's time for summer.
- On the July calendar - run, jump, sunbathe.
- August is in the yard - the harvest is on the table.
- The trees will put on a bright outfit, September will gather the children at school.
- Leaves are flying from the trees to the ground, October - hello, leaf fall.
- The birds have flown to where it is warm, which means November is knocking on the window.
- December will soon leave patterns on houses and trams.
If you are planning to visit, for example, London, then the following information will be useful for you: winter in England lasts from November to February. Spring comes in March and lasts only until April. May is considered a summer month. And autumn lasts from September to October. In the United States, everything is the same as usual in our traditional calendar.
Learn and remember the names of the months in English in an easy and interesting way. This will be another step towards fluent conversation with native speakers. Thematic videos will help you master the language faster.
Hello! For comfortable communication in English, it is very important to know the names of the seasons, but it is equally important, for both children and adults, to be able to name the months. In daily conversations we use these words - we name dates, birthdays, holidays, schedules. Therefore, at the very first stages of learning a foreign language, you need to learn this vocabulary. Names of months in English In English, as in Russian, there are 12 months in a year. But besides the difference in names, there are other significant differences. So, we have 3 months in each season. In the US it's the same, but in Britain it's different. They have two seasons of 2 months, and two seasons of 4 months, which, in general, also amounts to 12 months of the year. But for children this information is not so important, but it will be useful for you to know.
First, let's name them with translation and transcription:
In general, you will gain spelling skills over time by constantly doing practical exercises and by regularly reading English literature.
Features of the distribution of months in Britain
As I already said, in the UK the months are distributed according to the seasons differently. For them, November, December, January and February are considered winter months; March and April - spring; May, June, July, August - summer; and September and October are autumn. In America, everything is as we are used to.
Therefore, if you are going to travel to the UK, then it will be useful for you to know this information so as not to get into an awkward situation and show your competence in this matter.
A video lesson will help you understand how to correctly pronounce the names of all 12 months in English. I wish you success!
Before you and I, dear readers, begin to talk about the names of months in English, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the word “month” in the plural has the form “months”, not “months”. Remember this please! “Months” (with an emphasis on “e”) is a form of the word in the genitive case, answering the questions “who?”, “what?”. It's scary to see how many results Google produces when searching for “month of the year,” for example.
The topic all months in English is very entertaining and educational. We will tell you how the calendar appeared, what the 12 months are called in English, we will definitely look at how months are written in English and learn about their abbreviated forms.
History of calendars
The question of what a calendar is does not arise, right? But who invented it, why there are 365 days in a year, what do the Sun and Moon have to do with it, how did they manage to divide the year into months...
Actually, the Romans created their solar calendar based on the Greek lunar calendar. In those days there were 304 days in a year, divided into 10 months. True, then the first month of the year was not January, but March. Where did the rest of the days come from? One of the rulers of Rome, Numa Pompilius, decided to add another 2 months to reduce discrepancies in time and days. But even then, the 355-day calendar of lunar phases did not coincide with the solar year. And subsequently, to correct this discrepancy, another month was added every few years - Mercedonia. Can you imagine?!
Julius Caesar brought the calendar to a unified form, not without the help of astronomers. It was he who introduced the concept of a leap year with 366 days.
Of course, after this the calendar was changed and improved more than once, discrepancies in hours and actual dates and moon phases were corrected. And only Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 streamlined the calendar that we use to this day. We call it Gregorian.
Names of the months in English with transcription
Since the names of the months were formed in ancient times, they were based on the names of Roman gods, emperors, great people, just numbers, and holidays. Please immediately note that the names of the months, since they are proper names, are written with a capital letter.
In general, the word month - month in English, comes from the word moon - moon, month.
Let's finally look at the list of months in English and find out where they got such names from:
January – January[‘dʒænju(ə)ri]
- The month is named after the two-faced Roman god of entrances and exits, as well as beginnings and ends. Initially, the month had 29 days, and then Caesar decided to add 2 more days. And so it turned out to be the 31st day of January.
February – February[‘febru(ə)ri]
- This month has the same name as the Roman festival of cleansing from sins Februa.
March – March[mɑ:tʃ]
- The “strongest” month is named after the Roman god of war, Mars – Martius, Mars.
April – April[‘eipr(ə)l]
- The spring month was named after the Greek goddess of love and beauty Aphrodite - Aphrilis.
May – May[mei]
- The last month of spring is named after Maius, the Greek goddess of fertility.
June – June[dʒu:n]
- A wonderful summer day is patronized by the Roman goddess of marriage, and in general the protector of women, Juno - Juno.
July[dʒu'lai]
- Whose name is the name of the month similar to? Of course, Julius Caesar! It was in this month that the great commander and politician was born, who decided to immortalize himself in this way. But previously July was simply called Quintilis, which meant “fifth.”
August – August[ˈɔːɡəst]
- The ancient Roman politician and founder of the Roman Empire, Octavian Augustus, who completed the laborious work of correcting the calendar, also decided to leave a memory in the name of one of the months of the year.
September – September[sep’tembə]
- Previously, the seventh month was called septem. We remember, yes, that the year began in March?!
October – October[ɔk’təubə]
- This is, accordingly, the eighth month - octo. Apparently, the imagination of Roman and Greek figures has ended J
November – November[nəu’vembə]
- The ninth month is novem.
December – December[di'sembə]
- And the tenth, last month in the ancient calendar is decem.
Months in English with prepositions
There are only two prepositions that are used with months in English. This in And on: in January- in January, in February– in February, etc.
But when talking about the past or future, remember that in is issued: this March– this March, next Arpil– next April, last May- in the past Maya.
The difference in these prepositions is that in is tied more to the month itself than to the date. For example: My birthday is in November. – My birthday is in November.
But the preposition on forms an integer with a date, not with a month. For example: I will celebrate my birthday on November 13th. – I will celebrate my birthday on November 13th.
As you can see, everything is extremely simple!
Abbreviation of months in English
Why are abbreviations necessary and what is difficult about them? Nothing difficult, but short forms are very necessary. Most of all, probably, for official correspondence.
Just remember that months in English, even when abbreviated, are written with a capital letter. Eat!
Another nuance: names are shortened to just three letters. That is, Apr, Oct, Nov. June and July can be left unchanged and written in full. So you use the British version. And if you shorten the names to Jun and Jul, you get the American version. Although September is always shortened to four letters - Sept.
As for the dots at the end of the abbreviation, there is a division into British and American versions: put a dot - Amer., do not put a dot - Brit.
Now you know not only how October is written in English, but also how March is written in English and other months of the year. We hope to remember the abbreviated names of the months in English, which will be useful for writing business letters.
["ɔːgəst]September -
October – [ɔk"təubə]
november -
December -
2 Some features of the use of words denoting months and seasons in English
1. Please note that the names of the months of the year are always written with a capital letter.
2. To separate the date and month from the year, a comma is used in dates:
Not born June 14, 1940– He was born on June 14, 1940.
It happened in May, 1977– This happened in May 1977.
3. With the names of the seasons, the article is used only in cases where there is or is implied a clarifying definition: in the spring of 1962.
4. When designating full dates (indicating the day/month/year) the number is indicated by an ordinal number, and the year by a cardinal number, and the word year not pronounced: on January 17, 1992 = on the seventeenth of June, nineteen ninety-two.
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3 The use of prepositions with the names of months and seasons in English
1. Prepositions with the word month:
by the month– monthly;
for a month– within a month;
in a month- a month later.
2. In combinations of month names with words all, any, each, every, last, next, one, this prepositions are not placed before them: this March– in March of this year.
3. In time circumstances, the preposition is used with the name of the month in: in April- in April, early in April– at the beginning of April, but if the date/day in the month is indicated, then the preposition is used on: on the second of April- second of April, on a bright April day- a bright April day.
If the date is used in the attributive function, then the preposition is used of: a letter of April the second– letter dated April 2 (dated April 2).
4. The preposition is used with the names of the seasons in: in autumn.
5. In combinations of nouns autumn, summer, spring, winter, year, day, week, month with words all, any, each, every, last, next, this, that or one neither prepositions nor articles are used before them: this month- this month, last month- last month month, next month- next month.
You may come any day you like– You can come any day.
Not arrived last week (month, autumn)– He arrived last week (last month, last fall).
We go to the country every summer– We go to the village every summer.
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4 Songs about the months of the year in English
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5 Song about the seasons in English
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6 Months of the year in English idioms
a month of Sundays- joking. a long time, an eternity
not in a month of Sundays / never in a month of Sundays- when the crayfish whistles on the mountain; after the rain on Thursday, i.e. never
fence-month– time of year when hunting is prohibited
January barometer- exchanges. "January Barometer" (a method of predicting market conditions, according to which market activity increases in those years when the value of the Standard & Poor's 500 index increases in the month of January, and decreases when the value of this index decreases in the month of January)
February fill-dike– rainy period (usually February); letters “filling ditches” (an epithet for February, characterized (in England) by heavy rain and snowfall); (Scottish) Aquarius month
February fair-maid– snowdrop
March beer– March beer (a seasonal drink produced mainly due to tradition; goes on sale in mid-March and is sold for no more than a month)
the Ides of March– the Ides of March, the fifteenth of March (the date became famous in history, since on this day in 44 BC the assassination of Julius Caesar occurred)
April fish- April Fool's joke
April-fool- victim of an April Fool's joke
April weather– 1) now it’s rain, now it’s sunny; 2) sometimes laughter, sometimes tears
April Fools" Day– “All Fools’ Day”, April 1st (prank day)
May– (at the University of Cambridge) a) = Mays exams; b) (Mays) boat races (late May or early June)
May and December/January- marriage between a young girl and an old man
May Day- May Day
Mayflower– a flower that blooms in May: maynika, lily of the valley, hawthorn
May-queen- a girl chosen for her beauty as the queen of May (in the May games)
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7 Seasons in English idioms
full of the joys of spring- joking. radiant and cheerful, brimming with optimism and energy
day spring- dawn, dawn
to summer and winter– 1) spend the whole year; 2) remain faithful; 3) leave unchanged; 4) discuss something at length and in detail.
summer and winter, winter and summer– all year round
a woman of some thirty summers- woman about thirty
Indian (St. Martin's, St. Luke's) summer- Indian summer
summer lightning– lightning
summer time– “summer time” (when the clocks are set one hour ahead)
summer sausage– dry smoked sausage, raw smoked sausage
in the autumn of life– in old age
green winter– snowless, mild winter
blackberry/dogwood/redbud winter– colloquial spring frosts (coinciding with the flowering of blackberries, dogwoods, and crimson)
winter cherry– physalis
wintertide– poet. winter
fall-winter– end of winter
after-winter– return of winter
Winter War– “Winter War” (war between the USSR and Finland in 1939–40)
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8 Times and months of the year in English proverbs and omens
One crow does not make a winter.
One crow doesn't make winter.
One woodcock doesn't make winter.
One woodcock doesn't make a winter.
They must hunger in winter that will not work in summer.
Those who do not want to work in the summer will starve in the winter.
Blossom in spring – fruit in autumn.
Blooms in spring and bears fruit in autumn.
One swallow does not make a summer.
One swallow doesn't make a summer.
If you do not sow in the spring you will not reap in the autumn.
If you don't sow in the spring, there will be nothing to harvest in the fall.
April is the cruellest month.
April is the cruelest month.
March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.
March comes like a lion and goes out like a lamb. (March comes with a storm and leaves with warmth.)
March grass never did good.
Early grass won't do any good.
April showers brings May flowers.
There are rains in April, flowers in May.
A warm January, a cold May.
Warm January – cold May.
9 Games, songs and fairy tales in English about the months and seasons (flash)
Origin of the names of the months of the year in English
In many languages, including English and Russian, the names of the months are of Latin origin. In the ancient Roman calendar, the year consisted of ten months, and March was considered the first month. Later, at the turn of the 7th and 6th centuries BC. BC, a calendar was borrowed from Etruria in which the year was divided into 12 months: December was followed by January and February. Months in English and their equivalents from the Roman calendar:
March/Martius – named after the god Mars;
April/Aprilis - named, presumably, from the Latin word aperire - to open (beginning of spring), (according to another version, the month is named after the Greek goddess Aphrodite);
May/Maius – named after the Roman goddess Maya;
June/Junius – named after the goddess Juno;
July/Quintilis, later Julius - named after Julius Caesar in 44 BC. (previously the month was called from the word quintus - fifth, because it was the 5th month of the old Roman calendar, which began in March and consisted of ten months);
August/Sextilis, later Augustus – named after Emperor Augustus in 8 BC. (previously called from the word sextus - sixth);
September/September – from the word septem – seven;
October/October – from the word octo – eight;
November/November – from the word novem – nine;
December/December – from the word decem – ten;
January/Januarius – named after the god Janus;
February/Februarius – month of cleansing, from lat. februare - to cleanse, to make an atoning sacrifice at the end of the year.
According to information " Wikipedia".
Abbreviated names of months of the year in English
January - January/Jan
February - February/Feb
March - March/Mar
April - April/April
May - May/May
June - June/Jun
July - July/Jul
August – August/Aug
September - September/Sept/Sep
October - October/Oct
November - November/Nov
December - December/Dec
Coloring pages, riddles and exercises on the topic: seasons and months of the year in English
Children's poems about the seasons and months of the year in English
Thirty days hath September... (1)
Thirty days has September,
April, June and November;
February has twenty-eight alone.
But leap year coming once in four
Gives February one day more.
(hath = has; alone- one; only; all the rest- other; leap year coming once in four– a leap year, occurring once every four years)
Thirty days hath September... (2)
Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November;
February has twenty-eight alone,
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting leap-year, that"s the time
When February"s days are twenty-nine.
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March winds
And April showers
Bright ahead
May flowers.
Sign
(translation by S. Ya. Marshak)
Windy in March
It rains in April
In May there are violets and
Wait for lilies of the valley.
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Cut theses in May,
They grow in a day;
Cut them in June
That is too soon;
Cut them in July
Then they will die.
(to cut- cut, cut; thistle– bot. thistle; to die- die, perish)
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Spring is showery, flowery, bowery;
Summer – hoppy, croppy, poppy;
Autumn – wheezy, sneezy, freezy;
Winter – slippy, drippy, nippy.
(showery– rainy; flowery– blooming; bowery– shady; hoppy– intoxicating; croppy– round-headed; poppy– poppy; wheezy– wheezing; sneezy– sneezing; freezy– freezing; slippy– sleepy; drippy– stupid; nippy- frosty)
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A swarm of bees in May
Is worth a load of hay;
A swarm of bees in June
Is worth a silver spoon;
A swarm of bees in July
Is not worth a fly.
(a swarm of bees- swarm of bees; is worth- costs; a load of hay– a cart of hay; a silver spoon- silver spoon; fly- fly)
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In Spring I look gay
Decked in comely array,
In Summer more clothing I wear;
When colder it grows,
I fling off my clothes,
And in Winter quite naked appear.
Cold and raw the north wind doth blow,
Bleak in the morning early;
All the hills are covered with snow,
And winter's now come fairly.
The First of May
The fair maid who, the first of May,
Goes to the fields at break of day,
And washes in dew from the hawthorn-tree,
Will ever after be handsome.
What time of year do Americans like?
36% of Americans say spring is their favorite time of year/ spring. 27% prefer autumn/ autumn, 25% – summer/ summer, 11% – winter/ winter. Interestingly, love for the seasons depends on age: young Americans love summer more. summer, and the elderly – winter/ winter.
Americans' favorite months of the year are May/ May(chosen by 14% of respondents), October/ October(13%), June/ June and December/ December(12% each). The overwhelming majority of US residents do not like January/ January, February/ February and March/ March.
The section “Names of the months” in English is one of the simplest. The names of the months are varied and take names from the Julian calendar. This is a mix of the names of the gods and rulers of Ancient Rome, holidays and more. And if the names of months are formed from names, therefore, months are written with a capital letter.
The ancient Roman calendar had a ten-month calendar. In the Roman Republic in 708 from the founding of Great Rome, during the reign of Gaius Julius Caesar, the Julian calendar was adopted.
The Roman year began in March. Of the twelve months, ten were named, and two were unnamed. The winter months of January and February were added to the calendar in 700 BC. Then January became the first month of the year.
When two winter months were added - January and February - the remaining months shifted. And the autumn months and the first winter no longer coincide with their original meaning.
Etymology of the names of the winter months
The section begins in December and the year ends. Before the adoption of the Etruscan calendar, December was the tenth month for the Romans - “decem” in Latin is ten. Therefore, December literally means the tenth. In English the month is called "December".
In the modern world, the year begins with the month of January. In English "January". The month was named after the Roman god Janus. Janus is the god of doors and passages - beginnings and ends.
Had two faces looking in opposite directions. Thus, Janus looked at the beginning and end of the year. In other words, Janus is the god of gates.
In ancient times, it was customary in this month to clean houses and put them in order after winter; it was considered the most favorable time for cleaning the house. In English, the month of February is called "February".
Etymology of the names of the spring months
The name of the spring months is associated only with the names of the Roman gods.
March or in English “March” - the first month of spring received its name in honor of the Roman god of war, Mars. The Romans believed that this was the best month for military operations.
“April” or April in Russian comes from the Latin. verb "aperire" - to announce the coming of spring. But, there is one hypothesis that the month is named after the ancient Greek goddess and patroness of love and happiness - Aphrodite.
The ancient Romans had a goddess of spring and land affairs - Maya. So it was in honor of this goddess that the last month of spring, May, was named. And in English “May”.
Etymology of the names of the summer months
The beginning of summer culminates in June. In English "June". It is named after the Roman goddess Juno, she is considered a symbol of marriage and family. To this day, many peoples believe that the best month for a wedding is June.
Juno herself was a married goddess. Her husband was an important person in the ancient Roman pantheon of gods - Jupiter. God of all gods. Like the ancient Greeks, Zeus.
The second summer month is June – English “Jule”. Named in honor of His Majesty the Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar. Because in this month Caesar was born.
The month of August or “August” is named after the first Roman ruler, Emperor Augustus.
Etymology of the names of the autumn months
It remains to find out what or who the autumn months are named after. But with their origin everything is much simpler.
We welcome autumn in September or in English “September”. In Latin, "sept" means seven. For the ancient Romans, September was the seventh month, since the year began in March.
The ancient Romans did not think long about the names of October and November. October or "October" from the Latin "octo" - eight.
Therefore, November will be the ninth month of "novem" and in English it will sound like "November".
The names of the English months are very consonant with the Russian ones, so the memorization process should not cause big problems in memorizing. Don't forget that the British write the names of the months with a capital letter.
In Russian, a similar rule applies, but there is a small exception.
If the sentence with the name of the month contains the word “Month” itself, which is written with a capital letter, then the name will have to be written with a small letter. For example: M month m ai is named after the Roman goddess Maia.
How to pronounce the names of the months in English?
To be literate, it is enough not only to know grammar and have a large vocabulary, but it is also important to pronounce foreign words correctly.
| Name of the month in English | Transcription recorded using English phonetics | Transcription recorded using Russian language | Translation of the month into Russian |
| January | [‘dʒæ nju(ə)ri] | [January] | January |
| February | [‘febru(ə)ri] | [fabrewery] | February |
| March | [mach] | March | |
| April | [‘eipr(ə)l] | [April] | April |
| May | [May] | May | |
| June | [jun] | June | |
| July | [julay] | July | |
| August | [ɔ:’g Λst] | [August] | August |
| September | [septembe] | September | |
| October | [ɔk’ təubə] | [oktobe] | October |
| November | [novembre] | november | |
| December | [disembe] | December |
Using prepositions with months
Months, like parts of speech, are used in English with prepositions. There are two prepositions that are combined with the names of the months, these are “IN”, “ON”.
If you want to construct a statement that refers specifically to the month and not the date, then you should use the preposition “IN”.
For example:
If you want to construct an expression that will contain information about a specific date, then you must use the preposition “IN” in constructing the sentence. For example:
Abbreviations for month names in English
In business English, it is customary to abbreviate words, including the names of months.
The principle of abbreviation is as follows: the first three names of the month are written with a capital letter:
| January | January | Jan. |
| February | February | Feb. |
| March | March | Mar. |
| April | April | Apr. |
| May | May | May – not abbreviated |
| June | June | June – not abbreviated |
| July | July | July – not abbreviated |
| August | August | Aug. |
| September | September | Sept., Sep. |
| October | October | Oct. |
| November | November | Nov. |
| December | December | Dec. |
Name of the days of the week in English
The ancient Anglo-Saxons also gave names to the days of the week. They worshiped many gods. They were pagans. It was in honor of these gods that the days of the week got their names.
Let's look at the days of the week and their origins:
- Monday -Monday: has a lot to do with the week in Rome. Literally translated as “Day of the Moon”.
- Tuesday -Tuesday: The ancestors of the British named the second day of the week in honor of the noble, strong and one-armed god Tyr. Many songs have been sung about him in the English epic. Tyr is considered the god of war. It was to him that the warriors worshiped, it was to him that the fighters made sacrifices before battles in the form of hanged men. Warriors depicted the rune of this god on their swords.
- Wednesday - Wednesday: Wednesday got its name in honor of the Great Odin. The ancestors of the British could not neglect the main deity. Odin, like Tyr, was sacrificed before battles by hanging several men. One had incredible strength and a sharp mind. It was this god who brought writing to the Scandinavians in the form of runes.
- Thursday - Thursday: This day is dedicated to Thor, the son of Odin. Thor was considered the patron and protector of ordinary people on earth. He was also the patron of thunder and lightning, storms.
- Friday -Friday: Like the Greeks and Romans, the Scandinavians had their own patroness of love affairs and family - the goddess Frigg. Friday was named after her. Frigg was a married goddess. She was Odin's wife. She had the gift of providence.
- Saturday -Saturday: this day was named after Saturn.
- Sunday -Sunday: Literally translated as “sunny day”, this is how the Scandinavians nicknamed Sunday. Just like the Romans believed that this day was the Day of the Sun.
Remember that it is very easy to learn the names of months and days of the week, especially if you know their origin.