Saturday

Why Saturday is actually called Saturday? Just sounds a big strange, this can not be a question as it is currently written; you must move the position of the word 'is'. Either write why is saturday called saturday? Or if you want to write it as as a statement, you can write why saturday is actually called saturday. (Without questionmark).

In English-speaking culture Saturday is called namedafter the Roman god Saturn . Saturn was the father of Jupiter who was the most powerful god in the world (In Greek mythology Saturn was known as Cronus and Jupiter as Zeus). Saturn was the god of generation, agriculture, plenty, wealth etc.

In German culture there are two different words for Saturday: "Samstag" and "Sonnabend". The word "Samstag" has come in into German language from Hebraic culture through the Greek culture. It was formed from the word "Sabbat" which means a period of rest. The word "Sonnabend" was at the beginnig the Chrisitian alternative to "Samstag". It consists of two parts: sun + evening. It's quite interesting that in Old English Saturday was also known as sunnanæfen which inculed two same parts: the same two parts: sun + eve (evening). But now, as I know it, there is only Saturday for Saturday in English language. In German language these two alternatives are still two alternative "alive" and frequently used.

In Russian culture Russian people call Saturday as ""суббота" (SUBOTA). The origin of "суббота" is the same with the German word "Samstag": it was formed from the Hebraic word "Sabbat".

Intresting topic and well written. Only a few things which didnt 'sound' right.