Weekdays – from Etymology to Fairy-Tale Character Cover Image

ZILELE SĂPTĂMÂNII – DE LA ETIMOLOGIE LA PERSONAJ DE BASM
Weekdays – from Etymology to Fairy-Tale Character

Author(s): Adela Drăucean
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii Petru Maior
Keywords: weekdays; etymology; planet; auspicious days; evil days; character

Summary/Abstract: In a technological and hurried world, we still less ask ourselves about realities that surround us or about some concepts.That is why few people know where the days of the week come from or superstitions related to them or how they became fairy tale. It is interesting how the planets’ names are found in the denominations of the seven days of the week, how the auspicious and adverse days were chosen by custom, how popular authors and writers then picked up these temporary representations and turned them in a fairy tale.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 77-82
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian