CYCLE: Tayooh - first light
MAJOR EVENT: Creation - this is a five-day celebration of Jarudha’s making of the world, marked by festive eating and drinking and prayer at the beginning of Tayooh. This is considered the holiest of Jarudhaism’s festivals.
Alunsnight - Jarudhan faithful celebrate this night at the end of Tayooh as the birthday of Jarudha’s son, Alun (Alun is a Shessian corruption of Alwyn).
CYCLE: Ejasot - second cycle
MAJOR EVENT: Praiseday - a single day is set aside in the middle of Ejasot for all people to spend the day praying in thankfulness for Jarudha’s gifts. On this day, all institutions and shops are closed and people are not meant to work. Eating and drinking can only be done after sunset.
SEASON: Fuar - Dry
CYCLE: Varsoo - change
MAJOR EVENT: The Changing - the beginning of Fuar is always marked with the gathering of water in preparation for the long dry spell. People give gifts of water and feast for three days.
CYCLE: Ayanah - hot
No celebrations are held in this period.
CYCLE: Fuszash - no rain
MAJOR EVENT: Rainday - in the middle of this cycle, people ritualistically throw a cupful of water at the sky to encourage rain to come again to the parched land. The ritual has shamanistic pagan origins, but the followers of Jarudha have incorporated it into their religious mythology as a day of prayer. People gather for feasting in the evening and share water as if it is a delicate item.
CYCLE: Sun - prayer
MAJOR EVENT: Royal’s Prayer: this day in mid-Sun celebrates the day that Strongarm Royal the Righteous prayed to Jarudha for help on the battlefield and the prayer was answered with a crushing victory against Strongarm’s enemies.
SEASON: Doyanah - Passing
CYCLE: Alun - deriv. Alwyn
MAJOR EVENT: Alunsday: celebration of Alun’s ( Jarudha’s son), rise to Paradise to work with his Father.
CYCLE: Yanah - die
MAJOR EVENT: Erinsday - named after Erin the Wise, one of the Immortals in Jarudhan mythology/history, this is a solemn late evening ceremony marked by the wearing of headbands made from dead leaves. Prayers are offered, and stories of the Immortals are told.
SEASON: Shahk - Chill
CYCLE: Shahk - chill or cold
MAJOR EVENT: Midshahk: on the day designated as the middle of this season, people communally gather to share cooked meats and vegetables, and celebrate life.
Acknowledgments
A project is rarely possible without support, advice and encouragement so I would like to thank Stephanie Smith, Linda Funnell and Robert Stephenson, whose faith and professional input have steered this series.
And I thank Meg for her love and constancy.
About The Author
‘Writing is much more than storytelling, and much, much more than informing or teaching. Writing is the act of opening your heart in an attempt to touch the hearts of people you’ve never met.’
Entering the professional writing field in the early 1990s as one of Australia’s first locally published fantasy novelists with the very successful Andrakis series, Tony Shillitoe has become a popular author in the adult fantasy and the adolescent fiction genres. He was shortlisted for the Aurealis Best Fantasy Novel award in 1995 for his standalone classic coming-of-age fantasy, The Last Wizard. He was subsequently shortlisted for the first book of the Ashuak Chronicles, Blood, in 2002.
Currently a full-time educator at Concordia College in Adelaide, Tony has also, at various times, been a Board Member of the South Australian Writers Centre, a judge for literary awards, and he has conducted a host of workshops and been a guest speaker at many writing events.
Between teaching and writing commitments Tony enjoys relaxing with Meg, rare moments of reading, making noises on his guitar and playing volleyball.
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Books by Tony Shillitoe
The Andrakis Series
Guardians (1)
Kingmaker (2)
Dragonlords (3)
The Last Wizard
Joy Ride
The Ashuak Chronicles
Blood (1)
Passion (2)
Freedom (3)
Caught in the Headlights
Tales of the Dragon
Dreaming in Amber
The Amber Legacy (1)
A Solitary Journey (2)
Prisoner of Fate (3)
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