The word Tuesday comes from the Nordic god Tyr. Tyr is a god of war, much like the Roman god Mars, and many European languages name Tuesday after Mars. In Old English the name was Tiwes Daeg, and in Middle English it was Twisday.
Here is a painting of Tyr.
thiNK TWice 
What are the identities of these four horsemen? I need to do some research.
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Especially when it is one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse!
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Doesn’t seem right to have a god of war, does it?
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In French, it is “Mardi”, which also means Day of Mars, Mars being the God of War!
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