Touv Calendar
The Touv Calendar[1] (abbreviated TC)[2] is the calendar most frequently used on the continent of Hepmonaland; it originated among the Touv people, but even Olman and Suel-derived peoples of Hepmonaland now use it or a variant. It is said to have been created by the god Katay.
Year 1 in the Common Year calendar (CY) is equivalent to 1409 TC in the Touv Calendar. -1 CY is equivalent to 1408 TC TC. Year 1 (-1408 CY) in the Touv calendar commemorates the crowning of the first Touv king in Kundanol. Before the uniting of the Touv tribes, there were other calendars used as well, but these have been long since forgotten.
Because there are few seasonal variations in temperature in Hepmonaland, the Touv method for keeping time is based on the phases of the moons Kule and Luna, which the Touv call Koxanag and Konola respectively (named for Xanag, goddess of metals and beauty, and Nola, goddess of the sun).
The Touv recognize thirteen months instead of the twelve months and four festival weeks of the calendar used in the Flanaess, and as a result there is no direct correspondence between Touv months and Flanaess months. The Olman Lunar calendar divides the year in the same way the Touv calendar does, however.
| Month | Season |
|---|---|
| Forging | Winter |
| Birthing | Spring |
| Thunder | Spring |
| Storm | Spring |
| Calving | Low Summer |
| Weaving | Low Summer |
| Herding | Low Summer |
| Mining | High Summer |
| Fire | High Summer |
| Harvest | High Summer |
| Feast | Autumn |
| Lovers | Autumn |
| Prayer | Winter |
Notes
Touv Calendar is detailed only in The Scarlet Brotherhood. The conversion is such that in the current year of that book, 591 CY, equates to the Touv Calendar year 1999, which also happens to be the year the book was published. However, this correlation would not continue to later years, as the year 591 continued to be used for products released between 1999 and 2001.
References
Notes
Citations
- ↑ The Scarlet Brotherhood (1999), p.38.
- ↑ Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (2000), p.13.
Bibliography
- Reynolds, Sean K. The Scarlet Brotherhood. Renton, WA: TSR, 1999.
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