Names of the Day's in FR [Archive] - Wizards Community

Names of the Day's in FR [Archive] - Wizards Community

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mrpopstar
06-26-04, 04:34 AM The Calendar of Harptos breaks a month into 3 tendays. Does anyone know the actual name of each day(like Monday, Tuesday, etc.)?
Krash
06-26-04, 05:29 AM At GenCon '95, Ed Greenwood was asked about the days of the week (Ride) in Faerun. He was asked if there was a standard day or day name for the days of the ride. He responded that the days of the ride differ from geographic region to region, and usually have a religious connotation. There is no standard set of day names.

Ed went on to say that the people of Faerun use the number of days to indicate when something will happen as long as the number of days does not exceed 30. For instance, if I was to see you in 10 days, I would say "See you in a ten-day," not "See you in a ride" or "See you next ride," both of which are not as determinalistic as the first statement.

If you want to indicate an event in the future of past and this event happens within 10 days of a major event, a Realmsian would say "Bessie had her calf 3 days after the Lord came into his castle." or "Bessie's calf was born 2 days before last Greengrass."

In other words, Realmsians do not use dates like we do -- my birthday in Faerun is something like "12 days after Greengrass" not "Mirtul 12th." So it's probably better to use "Firstday," "Seconday", "Thirday", etc.

-- George Krashos
mrpopstar
06-28-04, 12:04 AM Thank you VERY much. :)
yggdrasil
06-28-04, 03:52 AM I don't remember where I got this... but I remember searching a long time for it. And have faithfullly written it into my campaign book. It's nice to think that most of the population are superstitious about activities and the names of the week. It regulates their lives... so... they might only cut their hair on Tymday in a particualr region for "good luck"... you get the idea. These names are apparently only for Faerun (the near and far east would have there own names).

1 Lathanday (lathander - dawn)
2 Azuday (azuth - energy)
3 Milday (Milil - song)
4 Suneday (Sune - love)
5 Elday (Eldath - peace) mid-ride *weekend*
6 Selday (Selune - moon) mid-ride *weekend*
7 Tormday (torm - duty)
8 Lliirday (Lliira - joy)
9 Tymday (Tymora - good luck)
10 Waukday (waukeen - money) *and payday for most commoners*

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
mrpopstar 06-26-04, 04:34 AM	The Calendar of Harptos breaks a month into 3 tendays. Does anyone know the actual name of each day(like Monday, Tuesday, etc.)?
Krash 06-26-04, 05:29 AM	At GenCon '95, Ed Greenwood was asked about the days of the week (Ride) in Faerun. He was asked if there was a standard day or day name for the days of the ride. He responded that the days of the ride differ from geographic region to region, and usually have a religious connotation. There is no standard set of day names. Ed went on to say that the people of Faerun use the number of days to indicate when something will happen as long as the number of days does not exceed 30. For instance, if I was to see you in 10 days, I would say "See you in a ten-day," not "See you in a ride" or "See you next ride," both of which are not as determinalistic as the first statement. If you want to indicate an event in the future of past and this event happens within 10 days of a major event, a Realmsian would say "Bessie had her calf 3 days after the Lord came into his castle." or "Bessie's calf was born 2 days before last Greengrass." In other words, Realmsians do not use dates like we do -- my birthday in Faerun is something like "12 days after Greengrass" not "Mirtul 12th." So it's probably better to use "Firstday," "Seconday", "Thirday", etc. -- George Krashos
mrpopstar 06-28-04, 12:04 AM	Thank you VERY much. :)
yggdrasil 06-28-04, 03:52 AM	I don't remember where I got this... but I remember searching a long time for it. And have faithfullly written it into my campaign book. It's nice to think that most of the population are superstitious about activities and the names of the week. It regulates their lives... so... they might only cut their hair on Tymday in a particualr region for "good luck"... you get the idea. These names are apparently only for Faerun (the near and far east would have there own names). 1 Lathanday (lathander - dawn) 2 Azuday (azuth - energy) 3 Milday (Milil - song) 4 Suneday (Sune - love) 5 Elday (Eldath - peace) mid-ride weekend 6 Selday (Selune - moon) mid-ride weekend 7 Tormday (torm - duty) 8 Lliirday (Lliira - joy) 9 Tymday (Tymora - good luck) 10 Waukday (waukeen - money) and payday for most commoners