Diana
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Do the seasons of the Four Gods change at the Solstices and Equinoxes? Or do they change at the older (Celtic) "cross-quarter days"...which are still (mostly) celebrated in our calendar with Hallowe'en, Candlemas (Groundhog Day), May Day, and Lammas (about Aug 2)? The Celtic "seasons" align better with the weather than the modern ones. (If I haven't had snow before Dec. 21, there's something wrong!)
Lois McMaster Bujold
The god's seasons change at the solstices and equinoxes (except of course for the Bastard, who gets leap year day/s -- not necessarily the same as ours) plus there is a day at the mid-point of each season that's a lesser holiday as well. "Mother's Midsummer" has been mentioned, ferex. So there's a holiday every six weeks. So I guess they have both?
Ta, L.
Ta, L.
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