Month names in hyborian age

... or there's the thirteen month tree calendar that Robert Graves outlined in The White Goddess... which is pretty much accepted as having no historical basis, but it could have existed in the Hyborian Age...

• Dec 23 • mistletoe
• Dec 24 • birch
• Jan 21 • rowan
• Feb 18 • ash
• Mar 18 • alder
• Apr 15 • willow/blackthorn
• May 13 • whitethorn
• Jun 10 • oak
• Jul 8 • holly
• Aug 5 • hazel/apple
• Sep 2 • vine
• Sep 30 • ivy
• Oct 28 • reed
• Nov 25 • elder

Ciao,
Ant
 
Ant said:
... or there's the thirteen month tree calendar that Robert Graves outlined in The White Goddess... which is pretty much accepted as having no historical basis, but it could have existed in the Hyborian Age...

• Dec 23 • mistletoe
• Dec 24 • birch
• Jan 21 • rowan
• Feb 18 • ash
• Mar 18 • alder
• Apr 15 • willow/blackthorn
• May 13 • whitethorn
• Jun 10 • oak
• Jul 8 • holly
• Aug 5 • hazel/apple
• Sep 2 • vine
• Sep 30 • ivy
• Oct 28 • reed
• Nov 25 • elder

Ciao,
Ant

This system would be perfect for a Druid multiclass PC's take on the year!
Thanks! 8)
 
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