okay so I went down a rabbit hole today about Algonquin calendar systems and found this guide with all the names for the different moons between the three major languages.
Here's the Ojibwe names (page 1 of 3, highly detailed, very cool):
Awesome. Meaningful and interesting. Now here's the Cree:
A little bit less detail but that's okay! Still very interesting and specific names to detail the different phases of the year. Love it
And then the Mohawk nation...
Truly, so good. Why use lot word when few word do trick?? Aksbdjsbs I just lost it when I came to this section.
"In naming our moons, we synthesize the notable wildlife milestones of each season with our spiritual teachings to come up with a name that is both meaningful and relevant. π"
"We named our moons after the notable activities of nature that hail the changing of the seasons and the cycle of life. π"
"Ummm when it's cold... it's the cold moon ππ₯Ά And when it's colder?? Yeahg. That's the bigger cold moon ππ₯Άπ₯Ά"
"Poverty moon ππ«π .......... more poverty moon ππ«π«π.........."
"Yay buds! ππ±π Bigger buds! Yay! ππΌπ"
To be clear, I mean no disrespect at all to the Mohawk nation, y'all are so cool and badass (shout out Kanesatake Resistance of 1990) but these names just take me outttt. I'm so charmed by them <3
Btw you can access this entire pdf here! It's technically a teacher's resource but I found it very interesting
