Lithedays
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The Lithedays or just The Lithe refers to two feast days of the Shire Calendar that lay either side of Mid-year's Day (and, in a leap year, the special feast-day of the Overlithe). They were called Summerdays in Bree.[1]
Events that occurred on 1 Lithe:
- T.A. 2941:
- Elrond discovers the moon-letters on Thrór's Map.
- T.A. 3019:
- Arwen comes to Minas Tirith.
Each 1 Lithe (midsummer-eve) the Old Took held parties, where Gandalf impressed the hobbits with fireworks.[2]
Etymology
Old English líða, is the old name for the months June and July.[3] It probably referred to the first new moon around the summer solstice.[4]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix D, "The Shire Calendar"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 780-1
- ↑ Jim Allan (1978), An Introduction to Elvish, Giving of Names, p. 227