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Seasons
Elves use six “seasons”, and don't
use months.
early spring:
coirë (“stirring”)
spring: tuilë
(“sprouting”)
summer: lairë
(“growing”, “greenness”)
autumn: yávië
(“harvest”)
late autumn:
lassë lanta (“leaf-fall”);
or quellë (“fading”);
or narqelion (“sun-fading”)
winter: hrívë
Months
The Númenoreans had Quenya names for
the months. Their calendar — which started on the winter
solstice — is not exactly aligned with our calendar. The
Númenorean month starts roughly 10 days early than our modern month.
But it is reasonable to translate our months using these names.
1st month
(“January”): Narvinyë (“new
sun”)
2nd month
(“February”): Nénimë (“wet”)
3rd month
(“March”): Súlimë (“windy”)
4th month
(“April”): Víressë
5th month
(“May”): Lótessë (“flower”)
6th month
(“June”): Nárië (“sunny”)
7th month
(“July”): Cermië
8th month
(“August”): Úrimë (“hot”)
9th month
(“September”): Yavannië (“harvest”)
10th month
(“October”): Narquelië (“sun
fading”)
11th month
(“November”): Hísimë (“foggy”)
12th month
(“December”): Ringarë (“cold”)
This Númenorean calendar (give or take
a couple calendar reforms which made all months 30 days long, and
adjusted some holidays) is the basis of most Human and hobbit
calendars in the Third Age.
“Nár” (fire)
is closely related to “Anar” (Sun).
The months “Narvinyë”, “Nárië”, and
“Narquelië” refer to the Sun, rather than literally fire.
Possibly you could say the Sun is named “The Fire”.
Days of the Week
The Elves, who were fond of groups of
6, had a six-day week.
The Elves of Aman named the fourth day
after the Two Trees.
The Númenoreans added an extra day, in
honor of the Sea, bringing the week to seven days. They renamed
the fourth day to honor the White Tree.
If you are using these names to
translate our weekdays, “Sun-day” and “Moon-day” correspond
to Sunday and Monday, and the rest of the days follow in order.
1st day
(stars): Elenya (“Saturday”)
2nd day
(sun): Anarya (“Sunday”)
3rd day
(moon): Isilya (“Monday”)
4th day
(two trees): Aldúya; 4th
day (white tree): Aldëa (“Tuesday”)
5th day
(heavens): Menelya (“Wednesday”)
6th day
(sea): Eärenya (“Thursday”)
6th/7th
day (Valar): Valanya or
Tárion (“Friday”)
Holidays:
first day of the year: yestarë
(winter
solstice)
spring
holiday: tuilérë
summer
solstice: loëndë
autumn
holiday: yáviérë
last
day of the year: mettarë
