A few days ago, I had the idea of creating a calendar for Othala. I don't have much knowledge about astronomy and things like that, but I just wanted to let the calendar be an atmoshpherically element of roleplay - like saying 'my char is born in this or that month'.
So I tried to create a calendar which is quite similar to our own, but has some characteristics of its own.
In my imagination, Othala has two moons, Eskaia and Endymion. Eskaia is the bigger one, and the reference point of our calendar.
A year is called sais, and a sais has 13 devas (month), which consist of 25 days.
The names of the devas are:
01 Saimon (beginning of the year)
02 Kadra (snowy moon)
03 Jaron (spring moon)
04 Hadron (seed moon)
05 Venna (merry moon) [->the merry month of may *g*]
06 Gwion (light moon)
07 Rayda (golden moon)
08 Haimya (harvest moon)
09 Hirmon (berry moon)
10 Nehanda (fall moon)
11 Oltion (mist moon)
12 Eskron (cauldron moon)
13 Berkana (death of year)
The deva Saimon, i.e. the sais, begins with the winter solstice, the spring equinox falls between Jaron and Hadron, the summer solstice is in Rayda and the autumn equinox is in Nehanda.
The name of the last deva, Berkana, and its designation as the 'death of the year' originates from the superstitious thoughts the Church of Cadaris sew in the minds of the othalan people. (Isn't it typical to take the name of a rivaling god(dess) and giving it a negative touch?)
Proverb -> from merry moon to berry moon
(Lovers for one summer, short relationship)
Many thanks to Wallace for helping me with the paraphrases of the devas (most of them are from him) and for the wonderful proverb!
Please let me know what you think of this idea, and if you have any suggestions for changes or extensions of the calendar!
(edited to insert calendar image)
