Mummergin
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Mummergin is celebrated on the first day of Needfest. People celebrate the influence of magic and magical creatures by wearing disguises, avoiding recognition. Using actual magic in disguises is considered cheating. The festivities include dancing, revelry, a parade, and a play called 'The Performance of the Mummers', where good and evil battle. Evil initially triumphs, but a young child resurrects good and banishes evil. In larger cities, vigilance is high to prevent interference by evil cults.[1][2]
In contrast, the Empire of Iuz performs a darker version where priests in masks enact their evil lord's victory over good, culminating in the public sacrifice of a prisoner, celebrated with general rejoicing.[1][2]
Calendar
| Starday | Sunday | Moonday | Godsday | Waterday | Earthday | Freeday |
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| 1 Mummergin |
2 | 3 | 4
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5 | 6 | 7
Feast of Fools |
| Greyhawk calendar | |
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| Days | Starday • Sunday • Moonday • Godsday • Waterday • Earthday • Freeday |
| Months | Fireseek • Readying • Coldeven • Planting • Flocktime • Wealsun • Reaping • Goodmonth • Harvester • Patchwall • Ready'reat • Sunsebb |
| Festivals | Needfest • Growfest • Richfest • Brewfest |
| Seasons | Winter • Spring • Low summer • High summer • (Summer) • Autumn |
| Solar events | Spring equinox, Summer solstice, Autumnal equinox, Winter solstice |
| Holidays | Agelong • Blood Moon Festival • Breadgiving Day • Council Day • Council of Mayors and Manorial Lords • Crowning Day • Dark Night • Day of the Legion Will • Day of Treachery • Declaration Day • Election Day • Faerieluck • Fallrite • Feast of Edoira • Feast of Fools • Feast of Wenta • Freedom Day • Frost Days • Great Moon's Glory • Guild Days • Holy Day of Serenity • Midsummer's Day • Midwinter Night • Remembrance Day • Rollo's Day • Saint Cuthbert's Day • Spring Feast • Springrite • Thrommel's Day • Yeartide • |
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Notes
Citations
Bibliography
- Miller, Andy. "Campaign Holidays." Dragon Annual #4. Renton, WA: TSR, 1999 (pp. 16-21).
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