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Elianna · 03-28-2005, 08:05 PM

The Hobbit Calendar is such:

2 Yule
Afteryule
Solmath
Rethe
Astron
Thrimidge
Forelithe
1 Lithe
Midsummer's Day
(Overlithe)
2 Lithe
Afterlithe
Wedmath
Halimath
Winterfilth
Blotmath
Foreyule
1 Yule

The two Yules and two Lithe, and Midsummer's Day are singular days. All of the months had 30 days. Overlithe is their leap day.

There's an in depth discussion of this in Appen. D in LotR. You can find Gondorian and Elvish calendars there too. I must say Appen. D was the hardest of the Appendices for me to read, but it's still interesting.

03-28-2005, 08:05 PM	#2
Elianna Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Ad finem itineris Posts: 384	The Hobbit Calendar is such: 2 Yule Afteryule Solmath Rethe Astron Thrimidge Forelithe 1 Lithe Midsummer's Day (Overlithe) 2 Lithe Afterlithe Wedmath Halimath Winterfilth Blotmath Foreyule 1 Yule The two Yules and two Lithe, and Midsummer's Day are singular days. All of the months had 30 days. Overlithe is their leap day. There's an in depth discussion of this in Appen. D in LotR. You can find Gondorian and Elvish calendars there too. I must say Appen. D was the hardest of the Appendices for me to read, but it's still interesting. __________________ Enyale cuilenya, ú-enyale mandenya.