thoughts on Narnian calendars

Jul 02, 2016 21:13

We know very little about Narnian timekeeping, mostly because Lewis didn't care and therefore didn't write anything about it. There's strong implicit evidence that a Narnian year is roughly the same length as an Earth year. Neither the characters nor Lewis-as-narrator ever say anything to hint otherwise, and in fact VDT casually establishes that ( Read more... )

analysis, liz is thinky, fandom: chronicles of narnia, world-building, meta

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cat_i_th_adage July 3 2016, 06:44:26 UTC
I vote for the thirteenth month option, because lunar influences are cool.

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edenfalling July 5 2016, 03:12:10 UTC
You and Autumnia are in agreement, then. :)

Me, I think I'll stick to a two-calendars explanation, or possibly just handwave it that each month has a 'common' name and a more formal/poetic name, and Peter was using the latter in his letter.

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