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The Northern Hunter's Calendar generally simplified to Hunter's Calendar is a lunar calendar which tracks Pneria. The names have evolved out of changes and natural transformations that most prominently mark a certain month and distinguish it from the rest.
As the name suggests, it is generally used by nomadic hunter-gatherer populations in the northern hemisphere.

  • Name: Northern Hunter's Calendar
  • Type: Lunar Calendar

The months

In common:

Aftereve - considered a pair month to Starry-eve and carries on the name.
Hollow month - the last month of winter was often considered a holy month by some cultures
New Earth - the beginning of spring
Young Grass - the seasons when trees blossom and the undergrowth is covered in low grass.
High Grass - the season when the tall grass begins to blossom
Last Fawn - named after the time when the last fawns are born
Summer's High - the middle of summer
Last Heat - the days are growing noticeably shorter
Bird's flight - named after one of the waves in which the birds are still departing to warmer lands
Rut/Rutting - named after the supposed time when the deer rut
Fall/Leaf-fall - named after the bare trees
Starry-Eve - the beginning of winter

Translations, variants and alternative names per culture:
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Background

Like with all naturalistic calendars, this one is as old as the people who use it. Names first started off as simple descriptions of the respective month's most characteristic trait before slowly evolving into well established, static names.
But just as cultures change over time, this calendar of largely oral tradition changes along with it.

Lore

This particular lunar calendar is rarely used in upper classes or cultures where agricultural events upheld higher importance to daily life, however, sometimes certain names overlap with other calendars due having a similar origin of describing the changing nature.

References

The eve of starry lights