We find day names similar to English in related European languages, like Dutch, German, and all the Scandinavian or Norse languages.

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This was complicated by the fact that early medieval Europe inherited its idea of the week from imperial Rome, via the Christian church. She shows sadistic tendencies and a dark personality and is revealed to have a deep interest in the Bermuda Triangle (which has remained an integral part of her interests throughout the adaptations) and an admiration for an ancestor (Great Aunt Calpurnia Addams) who was burned as a witch in 1706.Ortega's performance in the series received acclaim from critics; [9] [10] she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy and for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. In the 1993 sequel, she was even darker: she buried a live cat, tried to guillotine her baby brother Pubert, set fire to Camp Chippewa, and (possibly) scared fellow camper Joel to death. Thursday is Thunor’s day, or, to give the word its Old English form, Thunresdæg “the day of Thunder”. Wednesday also shares a similar appearance to her distant ancestor, Goody Addams, who is a "witch of great strength" and has the same psychic ability as hers. Her darkness and sociopathic traits have been toned down, and she is in love with (and revealed to be engaged to) Lucas Beineke.

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The character that would later be known as Wednesday Addams first appeared in the August 26, 1944, issue of The New Yorker in an illustration captioned, "Well, don't come whining to me. We hope you enjoy our variety and growing collection of HD images to use as a backdrop of your smartphone and computer. The Wednesday Addams 4K Netflix Season 1 Wallpaper is the perfect choice to elevate your Windows Desktop and Mac Laptop or Apple iPhone and Androind Mobile screen with style. She also often feels disconnected from the rest of her family for her differences, later realizing that being different is "the most Addams-y thing to be" and growing to love her differences, and has a pet squid named Socrates.

Addams family relatives were known for having quirky and unusual names, including "Anorexia,""Slimey," and of course "Itt. In early Christianity the reckoning of time was crucial to the proper celebration of the church’s feast days and holidays, especially the variable feast of Easter. Gods with comparable names, like Tyr, Othinn, Thor and Frigg, were certainly known to the Scandinavians and gave their names to weekdays in Scandinavian languages (compare Modern Danish tisdag, onsdag, torsdag, fredag). In the TV series, her middle name is "Friday", [2] and in the Netflix series, she retains this middle name, because she was born on Friday the 13th.

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In The Addams Family Broadway musical, Wednesday is 18 years old and has short hair rather than the long braids in her other appearances. Photograph: Alamy ‘Thursday is Thunor’s day, or, to give the word its Old English form, Thunresdæg “the day of Thunder”.

The Latin names for the days of the week, and the Roman gods for which they were named, still live on in all the European Romance languages, like French, Spanish and Italian.

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In the 1960s series, she is sweet-natured and serves as a foil to the weirdness of her parents and brother; although her favorite hobby is raising spiders, she is also a ballerina. Friday is the only weekday named for a female deity, Frig, who is hardly mentioned anywhere else in early English. A collection of the top 42 Wednesday Addams wallpapers and backgrounds available for download for free. The concept of the week, that is, a cycle of seven numbered or named days with one of them (usually Sunday or Monday) fixed as the first, was originally probably associated with the Jewish calendar. Wednesday's favorite toy is her Marie Antoinette doll, which her brother guillotines (at her request).Grandmama "may not even be part of this family", referencing Grandmama's ever-changing relation to the family. Explore a curated colection of Wednesday Addams HD Wallpapers Images for your Desktop, Mobile and Tablet screens. The remaining four days (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) are named for gods that the Anglo-Saxons probably worshipped before they migrated to England and during the short time before they converted to Christianity after that.