Feast of Wenta
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The Feast of Wenta is a frequently-used fan-created holiday which takes place during Celene's full moon on the autumnal equinox; the fourth day (Godsday) of Brewfest on the common calendar of the Flanaess.
Fanon
[edit | edit source]This holiday is frequently mistaken for official lore due to its widespread inclusion in many fan-created Greyhawk calendars. However, it originated as fan-created content and has never appeared in an official source.
Holidays and celebrations
[edit | edit source]The autumnal equinox occurs on Godsday, Brewfest 4.[1].
"Brewfest is known as the "Feast of Wenta" in some communities, and is celebrated with song, dance and offerings of the summer's harvest to the goddess Wenta for her blessings during the cold days before winter."[2]
Creative origins
[edit | edit source]The community version of the calendar which first contained the "Feast of Wenta" (1994) had month charts by Kent Matthewson, and text by Joe Katzman and Jason Saunders. The calendar was published at Katzman's and Matthewson's website, greyhawk-codex.com,[2] and spread by fans to other fans, and quickly proliferated throughout the fan community. It became the basis of other fan-calendars.
The same calendar was later modified by Mike LeSeney in 1995, and again by Doug LaVigne, 2003.
Calendar
[edit | edit source]| Greyhawk calendar | |
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| Days | Starday • Sunday • Moonday • Godsday • Waterday • Earthday • Freeday |
| Months | Fireseek • Readying • Coldeven • Planting • Flocktime • Wealsun • Reaping • Goodmonth • Harvester • Patchwall • Ready'reat • Sunsebb |
| Festivals | Needfest • Growfest • Richfest • Brewfest |
| Seasons | Winter • Spring • Low summer • High summer • (Summer) • Autumn |
| Solar events | Spring equinox, Summer solstice, Autumnal equinox, Winter solstice |
| Holidays | Agelong • Blood Moon Festival • Breadgiving Day • Council Day • Council of Mayors and Manorial Lords • Crowning Day • Dark Night • Day of the Legion Will • Day of Treachery • Declaration Day • Election Day • Faerieluck • Fallrite • Feast of Edoira • Feast of Fools • Freedom Day • Frost Days • Great Moon's Glory • Guild Days • Holy Day of Serenity • Midsummer's Day • Midwinter Night • Remembrance Day • Rollo's Day • Saint Cuthbert's Day • Spring Feast • Springrite • Thrommel's Day • Yeartide • |
References
[edit | edit source]Notes
[edit | edit source]Citations
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Dragon #A1999 (Annual 1999), p.20.
- ↑ a b Katzman, Joe; Kent Matthewson. Greyhakw Calendar (Site and PDF). Codex of Greyhawk. Joe Katzman. Archived from the original on 16 January 1999. Retrieved on 11 May 2025.
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Gygax, Gary. The World of Greyhawk. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1980 (ISBN 0-935696-23-7).
- ———. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983 (ISBN 0-88038-344-5).
- Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
- McComb, Colin D. The Complete Book of Elves. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
- Miller, Andy. "Campaign Holidays." Dragon Annual #4. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1999.
- Mona, Erik. River of Blood. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
- Moore, Roger E. The Adventure Begins. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index
The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.
| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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| Wenta | Deity | Corn Maiden , | Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e | 62 |
| Wenta | Deity | Corn Maiden , | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 19, 180, 186-188 |
| Wenta | Deity | Corn Maiden , | Living Greyhawk Journal #3 | 19 |
| Wenta | Deity | Corn Maiden , | Oerth Journal #09 | 8,30 |
| Wenta | Deity | Corn Maiden , | Oerth Journal #11 | 77 |
| Wenta | Deity | Corn Maiden , | Oerth Journal #17 | 7 |
| Wenta | Deity | Corn Maiden , | Oerth Journal #18 | 4 |
| Wenta | Deity | Corn Maiden , | Oerth Journal #20 | 5 |
| Wenta | Deity | Corn Maiden , | Oerth Journal #23 | 12 |
| Wenta | Deity | Corn Maiden , | Oerth Journal #26 | 5 |
| Wenta | Deity | Corn Maiden , | Oerth Journal #27 | 24 |
| Wenta | Deity | Corn Maiden , | Oerth Journal #29 | 26 |
| Wenta | Deity | Corn Maiden , | Remember the Farmers, RPGA | 5, 10 |
| Wenta | Deity | Corn Maiden , | Player's Guide to Greyhawk | 20 |
| Wenta | Deity | Corn Maiden , | T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil | 120 |
| Wenta | Deity | Corn Maiden , | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 64 |