Category Archives: Calendar & Festivals

Information on the dwarrow lunar calendar and its festivals

Is Durin’s Day upon us ?

Posted on September 22, 2013 by The Dwarrow Scholar

This article is partly in response to a very well written article from Iduna related to the calculating Durin’s Day on the “Heirs of Durin site” (Thank you again for that Iduna), and in response to many similar questions about this … Continue reading →

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Dwarven Astronomy

Posted on October 26, 2012 by The Dwarrow Scholar

With Durin’s day recently, I had the idea to make an article on astronomy from a dwarven viewpoint, hence this post… . It turned out to take quite a bit longer to research that I had though initially, which is … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year… on October 15th!?!

Posted on October 13, 2012 by The Dwarrow Scholar

If you think October 15th is all about the launch of Riders of Rohan… think again… as it is also the Dwarven New Year or “Durin’s Day” ! The first day of the Dwarven year is calculated according to the … Continue reading →

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Dwarven Festivals

Posted on April 27, 2012 by The Dwarrow Scholar

Expansion on the post “Dwarrow Calendar”   Details on the more well known festivals: Muhudtuzakhmerag (“Blessed Green Fest” or “Spring Fest”), a dwarrow spring-festival traditionally held from the 1st till the 20th on the 6th Month of the Dwarrow calendar … Continue reading →

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The Dwarrow Calendar

Posted on April 27, 2012 by The Dwarrow Scholar

Why this post ? Well, it was my understanding that there was no such thing as a Dwarven calendar, apart from “Durin’s Day”. Tolkien wrote in great length about calendars of Elves, Hobbits and Men.. but nothing about the Dwarven … Continue reading →

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