In most European languages, the planets and many other celestial bodies are named after figures from Roman or Greek mythology. Does this carry over to non European languages like Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, or Swahili? Do they use their own ancient pantheons or other names completely?
by /u/StarlordDrT in /r/askscience
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