A famous movie and a popular American chain of restaurants popularized the phrase “Thank God, it’s Friday” or “Thank goodness, it’s Friday” (TGIF) just to celebrate the end of the week and upcoming weekend.įamous songs like “Friday, I’m In Love” and “Friday” by The Cure and Rebecca Black, respectively, have become mainstream media hits.īut what is it about Friday that people love so much? When times get difficult and work piles up, Friday represents that proverbial silver lining that rest days are on the horizon.įriday is special because we had to go through Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday to get to it. To this day, Friday remains a favorite day and a popular one in pop culture. Her image is popular throughout art history, and many people still know of her to this day.Īs days of the week were most commonly named after deities in the olden days, it makes sense that, even back then, Friday was already associated with a god that people loved and adored. Venus is known as the goddess of love, fertility, beauty, desire, and prosperity. Friday gets its name from the “Day of Venus” in several forms, such as vendredi in French, venres in Galician, and viernes in Spanish to name a few.
Venus, on the other hand, is much more popular in history.
While not much more is known about her traits or attributes, she is still regarded as one of the most important goddesses in Norse myth. She is clever, intelligent, and renowned for the foresight and ability to discern the future. Friday was named after Frigg or Freya in Germanic culture, while, in Roman culture, it was named after the Goddess of Love, Venus.įrigg is known in mythology as the wife of the great god Odin. Like the other days of the seven-day week, a concept that was created by the Babylonians, it was named after gods and celestial beings in various cultures. The word “Friday” gets its roots from several cultures.