File:Tyr and Tuesday

It's not immediately apparent why the Norse god Týr (Tīw in Old English) should be considered equivalent to Mars and give his name to Tuesday (compare English 'Tuesday' to French 'mardi'). From a longer conversation about the names of the weekdays at Dr. Luke Gorton's channel Word Safari, which begins with Part 1 here: https://youtu.be/oHfv_nsZRx0

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