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by Quenya101 | 02/24/2013 · 6:25 PM

Tengwar Kanji 3 年 – Elvish Year

Resuming our Tengwar Kanji series (check part 1 & 2 here) and keeping the creative mojo rolling and rolling, we come to the Elvish YEAR! Time flow is a concept well kept at Quenya101 where you can learn to observe the Imladris Reckoning, learn from your elvish horoscope (or not that much) and even follow the 1 age in 1 year alternate chronology.

Enough with the talk and let’s head to matters here! Tengwar Kanji for the elvish year:

Loa

Year

Yestarë

First day. Not a month but a special holiday. Its kanji idea was based on the high hopes people usually have in this time of the year.

Tuilë

Spring, the first month. Its Kanji idea was based on the growing up of life in Arda where seeds and flowers blossom and the earth brings forth a new bloom.

Lairë

Summer, the Second month. Its Kanji idea was based on the Sun and the intense heat of this season.

Yávië

Harvest, the Third month. Its Kanji idea was based on the tools of harvesting. Ploughs, scythes and the like which bring the fruits of the season to our table.

Enderi

Middle-days. Not a month but a time for special holidays. Its Kanji idea was based on the interval these days bring to the year, right in its middle.

Quellë

Fall, the Fourth month. Its Kanji idea was based on the falling of leaves and the hoarding of fruits for the winter season.

Hrívë

Winter, the Fifth month. Its Kanji idea was based on the snow falling, icing all around us and melting eventually when the season ends.

Coirë

Stirring, the Sixth month. Its Kanji idea was based on the beginning of grow of things when seeds are still numb, but there’s a hope of spring.

Mettarë

Last day. Not a month, a special holiday. Its Kanji idea was based on the notion people are wrapping up the year that is almost closed.

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by Quenya101 | 11/21/2012 · 6:51 PM

Elvish Horoscope!

Let me make myself clear: I don’t believe in horoscopes nor support any astrology related material! This is just a post about, you know…elvish fun mixed with something else which most people didn’t see it coming.

Instead of following some ludicrous pseudo-science developed by the Babylonians thousands of years ago, when they observed that the seasons and some events related to them repeated each year at the same appointed time and coincidentally the stars always were at the same position when that happened and…..BANG, someone had the “brilliant” idea of connecting the dots (literally) and believing that stars guided everything that happened in Earth, included the birth, personality and future of people. In conclusion: bullshit!

I’m pretty glad Elves are not that stupid. They knew for a certainty that the stars were mere gifts of Varda and they praised them, but you know…the future is yours to take and to make and the personality is yours to mold or let it be molded by others.

To mock how a horoscope would be in an elvish style, check the chart below:

How do I know my Elvish sign?

First of all, you need to know which day you were born according to the elvish calendar. Go here and get your Java Elvish Calendar so you can convert your birth date into the Imladris Reckoning.

Pay attention to one important detail: Were you born AFTER the sunset? If so, check the “after sunset” box at the Java Elvish Calendar, click to convert it and what you get is your day and also the day of the week you were born!

Voilà. The day of the week is what determines which elvish sign is yours!

Mine is Menelya. What about you? Know a little bit more about yourself and the day you were born below:

Valanya

Valanya (“Valaday”) is the day of the Valar, the Powers. People born in Valanya are intense, powerful, impulsive, organized and determined. Sometimes, they tend to be jealous, self-centered and stubborn.

Beware of: angry dogs, falling objects and people who pretend to be your friends but are not. Eventually, you’re gonna die.

Elenya

Elenya (“Starday”) is the day of the Stars, the jewels Varda put in the sky. People born in Elenya are efficient, sensitive, creative, compassionate and loyal. Unfortunately, they may be a little bit obsessive, elusive and too dreamy.

Beware of: drunk drivers, lava from volcanos and people who want to put you down by diminishing your creativity. Sadly, in the end, you’re gonna die.

Anarya

Anarya (“Sunday”) is the day of the Sun, the great fruit of Laurelin who heralded the coming of the Men. People born in Anarya are bright, realistic, curious, knowledgeable and versatile. Also, they may be considered as rebellious, unsociable and moody.

Beware of: food that might make you choke, hitchhikers and people who gossip about you and what you do with life. Anyway, they’ll shut up when you die, and you will.

Isilya

Isilya (“Moonday”) is the day of the Moon, Telperion’s last flower. People born in Isilya are romantic, harmonious, fair, enthusiastic and protective. Their bad traits include being envious, nervous and wrathful.

Beware of: UFOs, mosquitoes that transmit Malaria and people who play with other’s feelings without showing any regret. But don’t forget that….you’re gonna die!

Aldúya

Aldúya (TwoTreeday) is the day dedicated to the Two Trees, the wondrous Trees of Valinor. People born in Aldúya are brave, civilized, smart, sociable and reliable. Perhaps, they may also be temperamental, tactless and deeply complex.

Beware of: boiling water on your lap, serial killers with chainsaw and people who are not honest and lie all the time. Lies won’t last forever and neither will you….You’re gonna die.

Menelya

Menelya (“Heavenday, Skyday”) is the day dedicated to the Skies and everything above. People born in Menelya are intellectual, devoted, magnetic, original and idealistic. Unfortunately, they are lazy, introvert and depressive also.

Beware of: politics, lightning bolts and people who want to abuse you and your efforts. Remember: don’t try too hard because…you’re gonna die!

Horoscopes, huh? Full of predictive material with lots of human traits that one way or the other you’ll identify yourself with it.

Now you can play and joke with it elvish style!

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by Quenya101 | 09/01/2012 · 4:11 PM

This day….in History!

History! How I love that! The past deeds and events that somehow changed the course of future and that built the present we are now experiencing. Some events brought bad consequences, some did good, but in an overall…History is one of the subjects we can learn much from, you know: Never repeat again the mistakes and try to follow the good examples!

As now we are enhanced by the new Java Elvish Calendar made by Erutulco, we can play around with some important dates of the past in an elvish way…(as we usually do here).

So….fuel your DeLorean’s….cuz it’s time we’re going for a ride….

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This day in History

31 Yávië

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XIII 136

Atalanta¹ falls to Union Forces

On this day in XIII 136, Union Army General William Níracas Sherman lays siege to Atalanta, Cemendurië, a critical Confederate hub, shelling civilians & cutting off supply lines. The Confederates retreated, destroying the city’s munitions as they went.

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XIII 79

Aaron Arto Burr is acquitted

Former U.S. vice president Aaron Arto Burr is acquitted of plotting to annex parts of Alcarohtanor and Spanish territory in Mexico to be used toward the establishment of an independent republic.

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XIV 56

Robert Calialcaro Pirsig is born

Robert Calialcaro Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (XIV 102), is born on this day in Minneapolis, Fanyanen.

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XIV 94

Charles Ohtatyaro De Gaulle urges Onórë Américo to get out of Vietnam

In a speech before 100,000 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, President Charles Ohtatyaro de Gaulle of France denounces U.S. policy in Vietnam and urges the government Américo to pull its troops out of Southeast Asia.

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XIV 45

Soldier Américo recounts brush with poison gas

On this day in XIV 45, U.S. soldier Stull Holt writes a letter home recounting some of his battlefield experiences on the Western Front at Verdun, France. “I gasped, choked & felt the extreme terror of the man who goes under in the water and will clutch at a straw.”

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XIV 13

Arrival of Marty Carnillo McFly in Old Wild West Hill Valley

Marty Carnillo McFly travels back in time to save his friend, Doc who is enjoying a peaceable existence in XIV 13, but is about to be killed by Buford “Mad Dog” Tannen.

Well,…

…would you like to understand all the years and dates shown above? Get your Java Elvish Calendar now and have a nice and safe trip……IN TIME!

Inspired by and excerpts taken from: http://www.history.com/

¹ “Atalanta…falls?” No Quenya pun intended.

Elvish Calendar now easier than ever!

OK, let’s get the facts straight: you came to Quenya101 Language Institute to learn more about Elvish culture. You saw a link up there labeled “Calendar“; clicked and started reading: so far so good! You read about yéni, loar, months, special days, and thought: “Damn, how cool! Tolkien was a genius!”. And he was indeed. Then came the week days, leap years and numerals: a bit harder, but nothing to worry about. And THEN came Anno Domini Synchronization: maybe you understood it, maybe not, but in any case wondering: “how the hell am I gonna use this?”.

Well, to save you (part of) the hard work, I proudly present you this child of mine: NOTIË IMBERISSËO, or “Reckoning of Imladris” in the language of men.

Characteristics

Basically, its a desktop application that gives you:

the current date according to the Elvish calendar
the ability to see the date in any other Timezone of Arda
a converter for any date you want to and from that Reckoning

The application is multi-language, currently available in Spanish, English, Deutsch and, of course, Quenya; Português is on the way and the Tengwar version of the Quenya translation is almost ready.

Usage

I guess its pretty straightforward to use. It does not need any installation or configuration: just download and run! What you should do is set your city and country in the Settings tab. Why? Because the app uses them and your timezone to calculate today’s sunset, using an Internet connection (as you should know, an Elvish day starts when the Sun sets).

To be aware of

First of all, its completely free, and you will NEVER get charged for it. But of course, as you can imagine, I couldn’t dedicate the amount of time I would’ve wanted (I sleep, study and work for a living, you know). What does this mean? Nothing bad; its just that you may find some small bugs in the application. NOT in the date conversion, ‘cos it was thoroughly tested with Erunno; but maybe in the interface, or some functionality.

Furthermore, I’m no User Interface (UI) or User Experience (UX) designer: I’m just a programmer wanna-be-engineer doing its best to help people and spread Tolkien’s work. Therefore, I’m sure its not the best interface you have seen on a software, but its functional and works.

ToDo list

Here are some improvements I intend to add in the (short) future:

Tengwar version
Português
Mobile version (Android first)
Revamped User Interface

License & sharing

As I said, this app is 100% free; and I release this app under the GNU General Public License v3. And what the hell is that? Well, to sum up, you are legally encouraged to use, distribute and/or modify this software, while asserting copyright over it. For that reason, I uploaded ALL the source code to a repository on GitHub: https://github.com/joaquingatica/Notie-Imberisseo.

Likewise every piece of content in Quenya101, we charge no fee, but nevertheless demand some credit for it. So please, add some if you’re honest enough.

Feedback

Well, about this: please give me feedback! Specially about errors, corrections and improvements to the application. If you’re an advanced user, you can also fork the repo on GitHub, and help me on its development.

But, the easiest thing, use the comments below to praise, criticise or ask questions about the software. I’ll make my best to answer ANY kind of question that arises.

Download

Great, I love all you said, but gimme that app! Well, here it is:

Download here

Specifications

This piece of software is written in Java programming language, and its 100% multi-platform (a.k.a: the same file runs smoothly in GNU/Linux, Windows & Mac). You only need to have Java installed (and most people do). I deliver it in the form of an executable JAR, so its just a matter of double-click to run.*

* Linux users (as myself) will know that, as the file is downloaded from the Internet, it must be set as executable. It’s done by running the following command in the terminal:

chmod +x <filename>.jar

For programmers only

If you’re a programmer, and wish to use some of this code/libraries, you can get everything from the aforementioned repository.

I also developed a class called ImladrisCalendar.java, that emulates GregorianCalendar.java, but for the Reckoning of Imladris (of course!). Its the one I used to do the conversions. You can see it here: https://github.com/joaquingatica/Imladris-Calendar. If you prefer, you can get the JAR library directly from this link.

Conclusion

I’d like to thank my friend Gonzalo for the translation to Deutsch; Ondo for the upcoming Português one; and Erunno for the help in testing, and the great article/page he wrote about the Elvish Calendar.

I really, really hope you like the app. But above all I hope its useful, and that you show it to as many people you can. Stay tuned for updates, ‘cos they’ll be coming, and you wont wanna miss them!

And now, there’s no excuse to keep using Gregorian Calendar:

Elves of the world unite! Lets all switch back to Notië Imberissëo!

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by Quenya101 | 03/26/2012 · 7:39 PM

Last day of the year…

Sunset has come!

Now we are officially in Mettarë 139, the last day of the year!

Time to wrap up the 1 Age in 1 Year project which ends today with the banishment of Morgoth and the end of the 1st Age of the Sun. What a good ride we had together. Beleriand is such a place to visit, huh?

Some things are ended, but others are begun, brand new stuff! Here I’ll give the Imladris Reckoning Calendar for the Year XIV 140 which starts exactly at 7:18 PM ET tomorrow; March, 27th, 2012. (Check your region and local time to see when the sun sets where you live)

Get the full calendar here: Year 140

Talking about your local time and stuff, I’ll propose a task here! Everybody who shares here, at the comments of this post, a picture of tomorrow’s sunset (the beginning of the new year) will receive a premium edition of 1 Age in 1 Year Calendar! Easy easy, huh? So take your cams, your cell phones and aim at the sun, at dusk, the rising of a new Yestarë!

Well…this is it! Wait…..I have a little surprise yet! 1 Age in 1 Year may have ended today, but now we shall have 2 Ages in 2 Years! That’s right! You hear me!! It’s time for 2 Ages in 2 Years, and it will start tomorrow with the coming the new year 140!!!! So stay tuned, as our ride is not ended! Far from that! (By the way…2 Ages in 2 Years is still a secret…so don’t tell people yet, ok?)

Are you a Tolkien fan, a Tolkien reader or a Tolkien…who?

So…here’s a simple test. It’s not a scientific test, (don’t take it seriously) lil’ elves…but it might bring forth some interesting results depending on each one’s case.

The question is:

Are you…

a Tolkien fan (you definitely know what you’re tolkien about)
a Tolkien reader (maybe you read the book once or twice) or
a Tolkien…who? (Who’s Tolkien, anyway?)

Are you ready????

GO!

I – You’re interested in learning the strange words coming out of the mouth of that beautiful elf. What do you say?

“I wanna learn Elvish”
“I wanna learn Tengwar”
“I wanna learn Quenya and/or Sindarin”

II – Today is September,22nd! What are you celebrating today?

“Bilbo and Frodo’s Birthday, OF COURSE!”
“I’m celebrating Cormarë!”
“I’m not celebrating any hobbit birthday because according to the Shire Reckoning, there’s nothing special today!”

III – You love the poem Namárië! When you wanna share your love, how do you copy it?