Wednesday = Wotan’s day. Interesting that German has Mittwoch or just prosaic “mid-week”. English has preserved its ancient Germanic roots better than German on this day.

Thursday = Thor’s day. Thor = Donner (German Donnerstag). (Donner = “thunder”)

Friday — either Fricka’s or Freia’s day. Both English and German Freitag would seem to favor Freia based on current pronunciation, but old English was frigedæg which would seem to indicate Fricka as more original.

See here for further recommendations on performances of the Ring.

I’m glad that you are interested in the philosophy podcasts. I hope that you will also get interested in the Wagner podcasts and, more importantly, Wagner’s operas themselves. And welcome back, it has been a while since you last commented.

If you are not already a member of either one, and money is an issue, I would recommend the lowest level of Netflix, which is only about five bucks a month.Other productions are also offered by both; the ones I link to are both highly recommended.

S.E. Hoffmeister, thanks for that link! I actually bought some of those Merry Melodies just so I could show that particular episode to my 5 year old nephew. Unfortunately, that one was not on the DVDs I bought…