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::Abell has asserted that Sunday and Monday are named for Sunna and Mani, but neither the Concise Oxford English Dictionary on my shelf nor the Online Etymology Dictionary bear out this assertion.  I'd propose that someone confirm the etymology of the two days' names with the full OED and we accept that as the final source on the matter.  In any event, the Anglo-Saxons were not Vikings....they were a Germanic culture made up largely of conquered Celts, so why is the sentence on the days of the week being named after Anglo-Saxon gods at all relevant to the Viking entry?  I'm going to delete the sentence, but it might be added into an article about Scandivaian/Teutonic mythology, as trivia, or an article on the Anglo-Saxons.  : --[[User:JesusSaves|JesusSaves]] 20:59, 15 April 2007 (EDT)
 
::Abell has asserted that Sunday and Monday are named for Sunna and Mani, but neither the Concise Oxford English Dictionary on my shelf nor the Online Etymology Dictionary bear out this assertion.  I'd propose that someone confirm the etymology of the two days' names with the full OED and we accept that as the final source on the matter.  In any event, the Anglo-Saxons were not Vikings....they were a Germanic culture made up largely of conquered Celts, so why is the sentence on the days of the week being named after Anglo-Saxon gods at all relevant to the Viking entry?  I'm going to delete the sentence, but it might be added into an article about Scandivaian/Teutonic mythology, as trivia, or an article on the Anglo-Saxons.  : --[[User:JesusSaves|JesusSaves]] 20:59, 15 April 2007 (EDT)
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:::The Anglo-Saxons worshipped the Germanic pagan gods, who were essentially the same as the Norse ones; Wodin or Wotan is Odin, Thunor is Thor, Freya is Frig(ga) and so on. --[[User:SamCoulter|SamCoulter]] 21:13, 15 September 2011 (EDT)
    
==Source on Landings contradicts Statement==
 
==Source on Landings contradicts Statement==
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