Common Words and Names Inspired by Ancient Deities
I've always suspected that the gods were just biding their time. We think we're so modern with our science and our smartphones, but every time we say "Wednesday" we're literally invoking Woden, and "Thursday" is Thor's day. It's a quiet takeover, one syllable at a time. The Romans did it with months, and the Norse did it with weekdays, and now we're all walking around chanting their names without a second thought.
What gets me is how the Egyptians are still waiting in the wings. We've got planets named after Roman deities, but what about Ra or Osiris? They've been stuck in hieroglyphics for centuries while Jupiter gets all the glory. I'd like to see a month named after Anubis, just to shake things up. The real question is whether the gods are flattered or annoyed that we've reduced them to calendar entries and planet labels. I'd bet they're laughing at us from wherever they're hiding.