A centuries-old mystery has crossed my path again …
I mentioned in a recent article that there was a dispute in many academic quarters regarding the actual Viking deity being honored by the name, ‘Friday.’ The cold, hard fact is that unless someone unearths a runic stone that confirms the issue — and that’s not likely — only a preponderance of circumstantial evidence is going to carry the day in any such debate.
So, while others while away their time contemplating world peace, I’ve returned to the search for Friday’s inspiration.
If you’ll recall, four of the seven days of the week are named after Norse gods:
– Tuesday is for Tyr, the god of truth and war,
– Wednesday is for Odin, the Allfather of Viking gods,
– Thursday is for Thor, the god of thunder,
– Friday, however is cloaked in ambiguity.
I’d always heard the day’s name-origin came from Frigg, Odin’s elder wife — he had more than one — and this is supported by the most scholarly of English references, such as the Oxford dictionary. Others say it was for either...
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