This day was set apart by that idolatrous people for the worship of their second god in power. In their business pursuits, as well as devotional exercises, they devoted themselves to the moon worship. The name _Monandæg_ was written at the top of all communications, and remembrance had to their god in all transactions of the day. Each _monath_ (new moon or month) religious (?) exercises were celebrated. The idol Monandæg had the semblance of a female, crowned or capped with a hood-like covering, surmounted by two horns, while a basque and long robe covered the remainder of her person. In her right hand she held the image of the moon. [Illustration: MOON--Monday.] [Illustration: TUISCO--Tuesday.] TUESDAY. The third object of their worship was Tuisco--corresponding with German _Tuisto_--the son of _Terra_ (earth), the deified founder of the Teutonic race. He seems to have been the deity who presided over combats and litigations; "hence Tuesday is now, as then, court-day, or the day for commencing litigations." In some dialects it was called _Dings-dag_, or Things-day--to plead, attempt, cheapen: hence it is often selected as market-day, as well as a time for opening assizes. Hence the god _Tuisco_ was worshipped in the semblance of a venerable sage, with uncovered head, clothed in skins of fierce animals, touching the earth, while he held in his right hand a sceptre, the appropriate ensign of his authority. Thus originated the name of our third day of the week, and some of its customs. [Illustration: WODEN--Wednesday.] WEDNESDAY. This day was named for _Woden_,--the same as _Odin_,--and was sacred to the divinity of the Northern and Eastern nations. He was the Anglo-Saxons' god of war, "who came to them from the East in a very mysterious manner, and enacted more wonderful and brilliant exploits of prowess and valor than the Greek mythologists ascribed to their powerful god Hercules." As _Odin_, this deity was said to have been a monarch (in the flesh) of ancient Germany, Denmark, Scandinavia, etc., and a mighty conqueror. All those tribes, in going into battle, invoked his aid and blessing upon their arms. He was idolized as a fierce and powerful man, with helmet, shield, a drawn sword, a _gyrdan_ about his loins, and feet and legs protected by sandals and knee-high fastenings of iron, ornamented with a death's head. [Illustration: THOR--Thursday.] [Illustration: FRIGA--Friday.] THURSDAY. From the deity _Thor_ our Thursday is derived. This Saxon god was the son of Woden, or Odin, and his wife Friga. He was the god of thunder, the bravest and most powerful, after his father, of the Danish and Saxon deities. Thor is represented as sitting in majestic grandeur upon a golden throne, his head surmounted by a golden crown, richly ornamented by a circle in front, in which were set twelve brilliant stars. In his right hand he grasped the regal sceptre. FRIDAY.