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But, the past 1,000 years or so have not been kind to this Germanic divinity.</p> <div class="woobox-offer" data-offer="t7jxcq" data-trigger="enter"></div> <h2><strong>Who is Tuesday named for?</strong></h2> <p><a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/tuesday" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Tuesday</em></a> comes from the Old English <em>tīwesdæg</em><em>, </em>meaning “Tiu’s day.” <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/tiu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Tiu</em></a> was a Germanic god of the sky and war. His equivalent in Norse mythology is <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/tyr" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Tyr</em></a>.</p> <p>The names of the days of the week were modeled after the Latin names. The Latin days of the week were named after planets, which were named after gods. The Latin for <em>Tuesday</em> was <em>diēs Mārtis, </em>“Mars’s day,” with Mars being the Roman god of war. And so the Anglo-Saxons swapped out Mars for their Germanic counterparts—in Old English that was <em>Tiu</em>, yielding <em>Tuesday</em>.</p> <p> <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/tuesday/#editors-notes-section" class="article__callout-link" target="_blank">It’s the perfect day to learn more about the word <em>Tuesday</em>. Visit our article to get more insight on the meaning and uses of <em>Tuesday</em>.</a> </p> <p>Tiu is the analog to the Norse <em>Tyr</em>, who was a big shot—and well-stored. Listen to how he lost his hand: There was a huge wolf named <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/fenrir" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-linkid="536e3a">Fenrir</a>, who was <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/prophesy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">prophesied</a> to eventually kill <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/woden">Odin</a>, king of the gods. Understandably, the gods decided to restrain the beast while he was still growing.</p> <p>Fenrir kept breaking his tethers, so the gods asked the dwarves to use their magic to craft a massive chain leash called <em>Gleipnir. </em>It was made of some impossible and unlikely elements, including the sound of cat’s footfall, a woman’s beard, the root’s of a mountain, bear sinews, fish breath, and bird spittle.</p> <p>Fenrir wouldn’t let the gods bind him with Gleipnir unless one of them stuck their hand in the wolf’s mouth. Only Tyr was brave enough to do it.</p> <p>Snap! That’s how Tyr lost his hand. 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