http://www.crowl.org/lawrence/time/days.html The Seven-Day Week and the Meanings of the Names of the Days The Seven Day Week The Naming of the Days Sunday -- Sun's day Monday -- Moon's day Tuesday -- Tiu's day Wednesday -- Woden's day Thursday -- Thor's day Friday -- Freya's day Saturday -- Saturn's day <a></a> \t<a>Sunday -- Sun's day</a>Middle English sone(n)day or sun(nen)day Old English sunnandæg "day of the sun" Germanic sunnon-dagaz "day of the sun" Latin dies solis "day of the sun" Ancient Greek hemera heli(o)u, "day of the sun"
<a></a> \t<a>Monday -- Moon's day</a>Middle English monday or mone(n)day Old English mon(an)dæg "day of the moon" Latin dies lunae "day of the moon" Ancient Greek hemera selenes "day of the moon"
<a></a> \t<a>Tuesday -- Tiu's day</a>Middle English tiwesday or tewesday Old English tiwesdæg "Tiw's (Tiu's) day" Latin dies Martis "day of Mars" Ancient Greek hemera Areos "day of Ares" Tiu (Twia) is the English/Germanic god of war and the sky. He is identified with the Norse god Tyr. Mars is the Roman god of war. Ares is the Greek god of war.
<a>Wednesday -- Woden's day</a> Middle English wodnesday, wednesday, or wednesdai Old English wodnesdæg "Woden's day" Latin dies Mercurii "day of Mercury" Ancient Greek hemera Hermu "day of Hermes" Woden is the chief Anglo-Saxon/Teutonic god. Woden is the leader of the Wild Hunt. Woden is from wod "violently insane" + -en "headship". He is identified with the Norse Odin. Mercury is the Roman god of commerce, travel, theivery, eloquence and science. He is the messenger of the other gods. Hermes is the Greek god of commerce, invention, cunning, and theft. He is the messenger and herald of the other gods. He serves as patron of travelers and rogues, and as the conductor of the dead to Hades.
That SOB needs to stop making car alarms go off when it thunders too loudly. He's a god. Act like one!
if there is life on other planets, they probably don't even refer to our planet as "Earth." They would have their own names for the planets. So even if they read the messages that we've been sending out, they would probably be like "WTF is Earth?"