From: linda.a.tam@boeing.com (Linda Tam) Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.elfquest Subject: fanart calendar Date: 3 Dec 2002 11:02:51 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Lines: 22 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.149.241.254 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1038942171 8743 127.0.0.1 (3 Dec 2002 19:02:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 3 Dec 2002 19:02:51 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.comics.elfquest:548 [No, this post is not about the 2003 fanart calendar... I've heard that there will be one, and I hope it's soon! This post is about the 2002 calendar. Specifically, the special occasions on the calendar.] Who came up with all these special days? Some of them I can figure out... Like Nonna's Day (4 June) and Adar's Day (19 July) are presumably the birthdays of Nonna and Adar (or someone very similar to them) and perhaps Recognition Day (29 January) is their anniversary? And both the April ones are very clever, Djun's Day (15 April) being when our tax returns are due here in the USA, and Pike's Day (1 April) being April Fool's Day (I don't know whether that's a USA thing or what... ). But the rest, were they made up by Warp? Or by the fan calendar organizers? Do they have stories behind them? Rituals we ought to be observing? Why do the Go-Backs get a day but not the other tribes? shade & Diet Coke, Linda :-) p.s. 2002 fan calendar is at ###### Subject: Re: fanart calendar From: Richard Pini Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.elfquest Message-ID: <031220021803075086%rpini@elfquest.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit Mail-Copies-To: poster User-Agent: Thoth/1.5.1 (Carbon/OS X) Lines: 34 Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 23:03:02 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.45.88.169 X-Trace: news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net 1038956582 24.45.88.169 (Tue, 03 Dec 2002 18:03:02 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 18:03:02 EST Organization: Optimum Online Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!news.webusenet.com!news01.optonline.net!news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.comics.elfquest:547 In article , Linda Tam wrote: > [No, this post is not about the 2003 fanart calendar... I've heard > that there will be one, and I hope it's soon! This post is about the > 2002 calendar. Specifically, the special occasions on the calendar.] > > Who came up with all these special days? Some of them I can figure > out... Like Nonna's Day (4 June) and Adar's Day (19 July) are > presumably the birthdays of Nonna and Adar (or someone very similar to > them) and perhaps Recognition Day (29 January) is their anniversary? > And both the April ones are very clever, Djun's Day (15 April) being > when our tax returns are due here in the USA, and Pike's Day (1 April) > being April Fool's Day (I don't know whether that's a USA thing or > what... ). > > But the rest, were they made up by Warp? Yes. They've been on every calendar that Warp published since 1998. > Or by the fan calendar > organizers? Do they have stories behind them? Rituals we ought to be > observing? Why do the Go-Backs get a day but not the other tribes? Ahhh, therein lie many semi-private tales. I know I've spoken of these other holidays before. Some of them are simply tips of the hat to this or that - for example, Bond-Friends' Day. Take that as a reason to give your pet, whatever it may be, an extra hug or treat or whatever. > > shade & Diet Coke, > Linda :-) > > p.s. 2002 fan calendar is at > ###### From: "James Stacey" Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.elfquest References: Subject: Re: fanart calendar Lines: 25 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 09:43:59 -0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.168.150.70 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: newsfep1-win.server.ntli.net 1038995036 194.168.150.70 (Wed, 04 Dec 2002 09:43:56 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 09:43:56 GMT Organization: ntl Business News Service Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!newsfeed.stueberl.de!newspeer1-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!newsfep1-win.server.ntli.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.comics.elfquest:550 "Linda Tam" wrote in message news:d638c5aa.0212031102.619b55fc@posting.google.com... > [No, this post is not about the 2003 fanart calendar... I've heard > that there will be one, and I hope it's soon! This post is about the > 2002 calendar. Specifically, the special occasions on the calendar.] > > Who came up with all these special days? Some of them I can figure > out... Like Nonna's Day (4 June) and Adar's Day (19 July) are > presumably the birthdays of Nonna and Adar (or someone very similar to > them) and perhaps Recognition Day (29 January) is their anniversary? > And both the April ones are very clever, Djun's Day (15 April) being > when our tax returns are due here in the USA, and Pike's Day (1 April) > being April Fool's Day (I don't know whether that's a USA thing or > what... ). April Fools comes from when the pagans in Britain used to celebrate New Year (with the lighting of Beltane Fires) on April 1st. The cristians called this April Fools day cos clearly the pagans were wrong. (I'm not implying anything by this, just reporting ;) ) -- James ###### Message-ID: <3DEDF115.1F6E@dmcom.net> From: bard@dmcom.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.elfquest Subject: Re: fanart calendar References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 20 X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetserver.com X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly. NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 07:04:22 EST Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 07:12:05 -0500 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!cyclone.bc.net!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!pc01.webusenet.com!fe01.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.comics.elfquest:552 James Stacey wrote: > > April Fools comes from when the pagans in Britain used to celebrate New Year > (with the lighting of Beltane Fires) on April 1st. The cristians called this > April Fools day cos clearly the pagans were wrong. First time I recall seeing this claim. These days Beltane is celebrated the end of April or May day. Many these days consider Samhain the begining of a new year. The most realistic might be that both days marked the begining of a season (traditionally the year only had two seasons) that was based on weather conditions and how they related to pastoral and farming timing. -- news:alt.pagan FAQ at http://www.dmcom.net/bard/altpag.txt news:alt.religion.wicca FAQ at http://www.dmcom.net/bard/arwfaq2.txt news:news.groups FAQ at http://www.dmcom.net/bard/ngfaq.txt Want a new group FAQs http://web.presby.edu/~nnqadmin/nnq/ncreate.html ###### From: "Amee Flynn" Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.elfquest Subject: Re: fanart calendar Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 15:47:05 -0000 Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <3DEDF115.1F6E@dmcom.net> Reply-To: "Amee Flynn" NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.136.222.3 X-Trace: news7.svr.pol.co.uk 1039362407 4754 62.136.222.3 (8 Dec 2002 15:46:47 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 8 Dec 2002 15:46:47 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!newsfeed.stueberl.de!newspeer1-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!diablo.theplanet.net!news.theplanet.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.comics.elfquest:562 > First time I recall seeing this claim. These days Beltane is > celebrated the end of April or May day. Many these days consider > Samhain the begining of a new year. The most realistic might be that > both days marked the begining of a season (traditionally the year only > had two seasons) that was based on weather conditions and how they > related to pastoral and farming timing. The best explaination I can give is this... During fall, the Sun God dies, taking the warmth of the year with him. His mother, the Goddess, mourns, and we celebrate Samhain (Halloween), harvesting all that is left from the God's tending hands. During this time we don't have his light to protect us, and the veil between the worlds becomes thin, which is why we tend to mask ourselves, like cats "fluffing up." After Samhain, a new year starts, and throughout winter the Goddess returns to her youthful Maiden state, carrying in her the baby God. It's in Spring that he's born into the world, warmth and light return to the land. So, in a way, you could possibly celebrate either as a "beginning..." Samhain is the end of a year, beginning of the Goddess' new pregnancy, and Beltane is the birth, beginning of New-Green and warmth. :) Funnily enough, many of the Christian festivals are taken from these olde Pagan rituals. It's worth reading into, and at the very least, has a mystical faerie-tale feeling to it. --Amee Note: The God and Goddess are not "people" as we'd define people. The Deities are personifications of a Greater Force that establishes balance of all. The personification just makes this Force more fathomable, easier to bond with and love.