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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 3862203" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Holidays for Harqual</strong></span></p><p></p><p><strong>Month of Anon</strong></p><p>2. Rebirth of Inanna: The day of Inanna's divine ascension.</p><p></p><p><strong>Month of Zealot</strong></p><p>3. King Frost Day: Frost fairs held in fields and on frozen lakes, rivers and estuaries, weather permitting.</p><p></p><p>4. Spring Equinox: First official day of Spingdawn.</p><p></p><p>9. Feast of Apollo: In honor of the Interloper God, to celebrate the increasing light of the new year after the darkness of midwinter.</p><p></p><p>24. Feast of the Choes: The central day of the Anthesteria festival including a procession with Dionysus himself ridingg on a 'ship'.</p><p></p><p><strong>Month of Sialic</strong></p><p>16. Festival of Dionysus: Interloper god of wine, drunkenness and fertility; whose rights are tumultuous and licentious.</p><p></p><p>26. Iormunheim: The First day of the year in RuneDragon Lore. The sentinel dragons of fire, water, earth, and air each charge the prophetic inscriptions of the Runering with their elemental breath, tempering the sacred runes, fertilizing the ovum and regenerating life in the womb of the earth.</p><p></p><p><strong>Month of Thorn</strong></p><p>1. All Fools Day: The Lord of Misrule presides. The 'gowk', (fool), is an old name for a cuckoo, who would be sent on a series of spurious errands to the amusement of his fellows. All hoaxing and tom-foolery must end at midday.</p><p></p><p>3. High-Heart: The birthday of the High King of the Kingdom of Navirosov; this day is also known as Aegir's Day.</p><p></p><p>6. (Old) Lady Day: Earth goddess fertility festival. Celebrated with circle dances. It is a good omen to be born on this day.</p><p></p><p>14. Sommarsblot: Festival of Sommarasblot, marking the approach of summer.</p><p></p><p>15. Feast of Bast: A sacred day dedicated to the North Goddess known as Bast.</p><p></p><p>17. Circlenight: Druids from across Northern Harqual gather at the Hallowed Lands.</p><p></p><p><strong>Month of Truce</strong></p><p>5. Feastday: Holy day of the North God known as the Daghdha.</p><p></p><p>15. Oakenleaf: Coming of age ceremony in the Kingdom of the Silver Leaves.</p><p></p><p><strong>Month of Hansa</strong></p><p>23. Midsummer's Eve: Hilltop fire beacons are lit to help strengthen the sun.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.enworld.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=32408" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Image copyright (C) Wizards of the Coast.</p><p></p><p><strong>Month of Hela</strong></p><p>8. Wood Run: Coming of age ceremony in the Forest Elven lands of the Knotwood; this ceremony hasn't been held since the corruption of the Knotwood.</p><p></p><p>26. Sleipnir: Feast to the eight-legged horse given to Wotan by Lokun, which could travel over land and sea and through the air.</p><p></p><p><strong>Month of Seraph</strong></p><p>2. Lammas: Festival of thanksgiving for the first of the grain harvest, meaning 'loaf-mass', celebrated by offering prayers and the first fruits of the grain harvest.</p><p></p><p>5. Fall Equinox: First official day of Autumnwind.</p><p></p><p>6. Festival of Thoth: Thoth, 'Lord of Books and Learning', is called Lord of Holy Words' for inventing hieroglyphs & numbers and 'The Elder' as first and greatest of arcanists and inventor of the Four Laws of Magick.</p><p></p><p>11. (Old) Lammas Eve: Bake cornbread loaves and prepare for the next day's fairs.</p><p></p><p>21. Rushbearing Festival: A cartload of rushes is manhandled around the parish with a rider on top, carrying a copper kettle that must be filled with ale and drunk at each inn passed. If a girl touches the cart she'll be pregnant in the year.</p><p></p><p><strong>Month of Nessus</strong></p><p>11. Hop Picking Season: Hopping begins with gypsies, itinerants and young people flocking to help collect the vital ingreadient for the making of traditional ales.</p><p></p><p>16. Pride's Hope: Rakasta tribes of the Far South gather on the Lione Savanna.</p><p></p><p>22. Winter Finding: The shedding of nature and onset of cold and winter. Call on Wotan for inspiration and strength. The start of the celebration of harvest.</p><p></p><p>29. Winternights: A riotous three-day feast to start the winter and hunting seasons of the barbarians of the Northlands. The Wild Hunt begins, ancestors and the dead are venerated & divination takes place to foretell the fate of the coming year.</p><p></p><p><strong>Month of Euphoria</strong></p><p>7. Pyanepsion Noumeria: A two-day festival of late autumn fruit gathering that seeks divine blessings for the autumn sowing.</p><p></p><p>29. Festival of Herne: Also known as Cernunnos, Atho, or Hu Gadernhe, the 'Antlered God' and Master of the Beast guards the Cauldron of the Otherworld.</p><p></p><p>31. Scarecrow Festival: A harvest festival that marks the end of the growing year in the north.</p><p></p><p><strong>Month of Tulle</strong></p><p>2. All Soul's Day: The All Soul's procession. After dusk, the dead return to visit the living. Leave food offerings, especially soul-cakes at night.</p><p></p><p>5. Coldfury: Holy day of the North God known as Cronn.</p><p></p><p>9. Lord Mayor's Day: The rowdy procession through Cauldron, of the newly elected Lord Mayor.</p><p></p><p>12. (Old) Samhain: Pagan, Celtic New Year, 'Summer's End' fire festival.</p><p></p><p>16. Holy Day of Thoth: Transformation god of the moon & of chronology. Guide and helper of the dead.</p><p></p><p><strong>Month of Jaeger</strong></p><p>17. Sow Day: Traditional Boar's Head feasts, in veneration of the power and ferocity of the boar and in the belief that its strengths would be transferred to the consumer.</p><p></p><p>20. Winter Yule Hunt: A day of hunting and feasting.</p><p></p><p>30. Hogmanay: Seeing Out, or Burning Out the Old Year. Gatherings take place everywhere, with plentiful supplies of drink, particularly Scotch whisky, to make merry with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 3862203, member: 2012"] [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Holidays for Harqual[/B][/COLOR] [b]Month of Anon[/b] 2. Rebirth of Inanna: The day of Inanna's divine ascension. [b]Month of Zealot[/b] 3. King Frost Day: Frost fairs held in fields and on frozen lakes, rivers and estuaries, weather permitting. 4. Spring Equinox: First official day of Spingdawn. 9. Feast of Apollo: In honor of the Interloper God, to celebrate the increasing light of the new year after the darkness of midwinter. 24. Feast of the Choes: The central day of the Anthesteria festival including a procession with Dionysus himself ridingg on a 'ship'. [b]Month of Sialic[/b] 16. Festival of Dionysus: Interloper god of wine, drunkenness and fertility; whose rights are tumultuous and licentious. 26. Iormunheim: The First day of the year in RuneDragon Lore. The sentinel dragons of fire, water, earth, and air each charge the prophetic inscriptions of the Runering with their elemental breath, tempering the sacred runes, fertilizing the ovum and regenerating life in the womb of the earth. [b]Month of Thorn[/b] 1. All Fools Day: The Lord of Misrule presides. The 'gowk', (fool), is an old name for a cuckoo, who would be sent on a series of spurious errands to the amusement of his fellows. All hoaxing and tom-foolery must end at midday. 3. High-Heart: The birthday of the High King of the Kingdom of Navirosov; this day is also known as Aegir's Day. 6. (Old) Lady Day: Earth goddess fertility festival. Celebrated with circle dances. It is a good omen to be born on this day. 14. Sommarsblot: Festival of Sommarasblot, marking the approach of summer. 15. Feast of Bast: A sacred day dedicated to the North Goddess known as Bast. 17. Circlenight: Druids from across Northern Harqual gather at the Hallowed Lands. [b]Month of Truce[/b] 5. Feastday: Holy day of the North God known as the Daghdha. 15. Oakenleaf: Coming of age ceremony in the Kingdom of the Silver Leaves. [b]Month of Hansa[/b] 23. Midsummer's Eve: Hilltop fire beacons are lit to help strengthen the sun. [IMG]http://www.enworld.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=32408[/IMG] Image copyright (C) Wizards of the Coast. [b]Month of Hela[/b] 8. Wood Run: Coming of age ceremony in the Forest Elven lands of the Knotwood; this ceremony hasn't been held since the corruption of the Knotwood. 26. Sleipnir: Feast to the eight-legged horse given to Wotan by Lokun, which could travel over land and sea and through the air. [b]Month of Seraph[/b] 2. Lammas: Festival of thanksgiving for the first of the grain harvest, meaning 'loaf-mass', celebrated by offering prayers and the first fruits of the grain harvest. 5. Fall Equinox: First official day of Autumnwind. 6. Festival of Thoth: Thoth, 'Lord of Books and Learning', is called Lord of Holy Words' for inventing hieroglyphs & numbers and 'The Elder' as first and greatest of arcanists and inventor of the Four Laws of Magick. 11. (Old) Lammas Eve: Bake cornbread loaves and prepare for the next day's fairs. 21. Rushbearing Festival: A cartload of rushes is manhandled around the parish with a rider on top, carrying a copper kettle that must be filled with ale and drunk at each inn passed. If a girl touches the cart she'll be pregnant in the year. [b]Month of Nessus[/b] 11. Hop Picking Season: Hopping begins with gypsies, itinerants and young people flocking to help collect the vital ingreadient for the making of traditional ales. 16. Pride's Hope: Rakasta tribes of the Far South gather on the Lione Savanna. 22. Winter Finding: The shedding of nature and onset of cold and winter. Call on Wotan for inspiration and strength. The start of the celebration of harvest. 29. Winternights: A riotous three-day feast to start the winter and hunting seasons of the barbarians of the Northlands. The Wild Hunt begins, ancestors and the dead are venerated & divination takes place to foretell the fate of the coming year. [b]Month of Euphoria[/b] 7. Pyanepsion Noumeria: A two-day festival of late autumn fruit gathering that seeks divine blessings for the autumn sowing. 29. Festival of Herne: Also known as Cernunnos, Atho, or Hu Gadernhe, the 'Antlered God' and Master of the Beast guards the Cauldron of the Otherworld. 31. Scarecrow Festival: A harvest festival that marks the end of the growing year in the north. [b]Month of Tulle[/b] 2. All Soul's Day: The All Soul's procession. After dusk, the dead return to visit the living. Leave food offerings, especially soul-cakes at night. 5. Coldfury: Holy day of the North God known as Cronn. 9. Lord Mayor's Day: The rowdy procession through Cauldron, of the newly elected Lord Mayor. 12. (Old) Samhain: Pagan, Celtic New Year, 'Summer's End' fire festival. 16. Holy Day of Thoth: Transformation god of the moon & of chronology. Guide and helper of the dead. [b]Month of Jaeger[/b] 17. Sow Day: Traditional Boar's Head feasts, in veneration of the power and ferocity of the boar and in the belief that its strengths would be transferred to the consumer. 20. Winter Yule Hunt: A day of hunting and feasting. 30. Hogmanay: Seeing Out, or Burning Out the Old Year. Gatherings take place everywhere, with plentiful supplies of drink, particularly Scotch whisky, to make merry with. [/QUOTE]
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