DOORS: Latin, the calendar of Graves

Roy C. Lackey · 22 Jan 2003, 07:16 · from urth-v0301.mbox · original

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From: "Roy C. Lackey" <rclackey at stic.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) DOORS: Latin, the calendar of Graves
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 01:16:14 -0600
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mantis wrote:
>Tami Whitehead pointed out the Gravesean 13-month lunar calendar in THE
>WHITE GODDESS.  Yes, precisely: the thing is there, already made, with
>names (based on trees like "Wild Apple") and dates and spine-tingling
>festivals.  Part and parcel of the big Graves "White Goddess" package.  And
>I do not detect any details pointing towards such a system in TAD.

Probably because it isn't there. Specific Otherworld dates (including month
name, 294, and number, 128,130) are given several times in the book. The
calendar in the Otherworld is the same as ours.

-Roy

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