Calendar Ceremonies

Lots of gods have ceremonies based around the calendar, especially agricultural gods. Communities may have celebrations for:

The day that marks the start of spring;

The day when planting begins;

The day when harvesting starts;

The beginning of the grape-stomping season;

The official start of winter;

The day that the first trade-ship of the year is launched;

The day that some heroic figure, a worshipper of the god, is commemorated;

The day of thanks for the god's bounty;

The day commemorating some ancient tragedy;

The day of the dead (just before or after the night that the ghosts walk the streets);

The day commemorating some great battle in which the god participated;

?And so on.

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