Cormarë
| This article is about a day of celebration in the legendarium. For the the series of books published by Walking Tree Publishers, see Cormarë Series. |
Cormarë or "Ring-day" was a day of celebrations in Fourth Age Gondor. It was held on September 22 (or Yavannië 30) to celebrate the birthday of Frodo Baggins, destroyer of the One Ring.
[edit] Uses outside the legendarium
22 September is a popular "ceremonial" date for founding Tolkien societies. Unquendor (the Netherlands), Eredain (Switzerland), Imladris (Denmark) and several others were founded on this day. Another ceremonial day is 3 January, the birthday of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Among fans, 22 September is also commonly observed as the Hobbit Day.