>>>>>Because I am a relentless pursuer of useless information...
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2488
>>>>>
>>>>>But, I found this excerpt interesting:
>>>>>
>>>>>"Except for the Sabbath, Jews simply number their week days.
>>>>>A related method is partially used in Portuguese and Russian."
>>>>>
>>>>>I never knew that. They have no names for days other than Sunday?
>>>>
>>>>Well our days are simply named after Saxon and pagan gods, each with the suffix "day". NY et al name their avenues with numbers. No big surprise then.
>>>
>>>Recently I've read conflicting accounts:
>>>
>>>http://www.pantheon.org/miscellaneous/origin_days.html
>>>http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/week.html
>>>http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Astronomy/7day.html
>>
>>Well they don't argue that the days aren't named after pagan gods. After all, the planet names are Roman gods anyway.
>
>Was there really a god named Uranus? Maybe the Romans had more of a sense of humor than I've been giving them credit for.

Ouranos , God of the Heavens or Stars or something like that. I just finished a book on Rome - it was a good read. Or maybe he was a dog or something? I read too many books and get them all confused now :o)

Here it is:

http://www.amazon.com/Roma-Novel-Ancient-Rome-Novels/dp/0312377622/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219944907&sr=1-1

Recommend it. It's funny, but of the last 4 or 5 books I've read, every one had Roman history in it. Sure didn't select the books based on that...