by wilddouglascounty » Tue Feb 13, 2024 2:53 pm
The Moons were named after what was going on in the tribal territories that groups wandered around in at the time; reflections of the local ecologically or culturally significant events for that time of year. For instance, the January Moon for the Osages who lived in my area was called "Frost on the Inside of the Lodge Moon" or "Moon Stands Alone Moon," both accurate depictions of what it is like in northeast Kansas this time of year. I find the Osage names of for the Moons WAY more relevant to this part of the world than the garbage names for the months (a word that is a derivation of the word Moon) that we inherited from the Romans. To continue through the year: Light of Day Returns Moon (Feb), Just Doing That Moon (a very apt description of the weather in March), Planting Moon (April), Little Flower Killer Moon (the small early spring flowers are replaced by taller flowers that keep up with the taller grasses competing for sunlight in May), Buffalo Pawing Earth Moon (June Buffalo bulls challenging each other season), Buffalo Mating Moon (after the results of the previous month's battles), Yellow Flower Moon (Aug.), Deer hiding moon (bucks growing their antlers), Deer matign moon(Oct.), Coon breeding moon (Nov.) and Baby bear moon (Dec.).
Since each part of the planet has different things going on in nature, the Moons had different names to reflect that. I suspect that Wolf Moon was probably the Wolf mating season, since it's coyote mating season in this area. The howling of coyotes last month was very prominent; I suspect Wolves howl a lot in January, too.
The Moons were named after what was going on in the tribal territories that groups wandered around in at the time; reflections of the local ecologically or culturally significant events for that time of year. For instance, the January Moon for the Osages who lived in my area was called "Frost on the Inside of the Lodge Moon" or "Moon Stands Alone Moon," both accurate depictions of what it is like in northeast Kansas this time of year. I find the Osage names of for the Moons WAY more relevant to this part of the world than the garbage names for the months (a word that is a derivation of the word Moon) that we inherited from the Romans. To continue through the year: Light of Day Returns Moon (Feb), Just Doing That Moon (a very apt description of the weather in March), Planting Moon (April), Little Flower Killer Moon (the small early spring flowers are replaced by taller flowers that keep up with the taller grasses competing for sunlight in May), Buffalo Pawing Earth Moon (June Buffalo bulls challenging each other season), Buffalo Mating Moon (after the results of the previous month's battles), Yellow Flower Moon (Aug.), Deer hiding moon (bucks growing their antlers), Deer matign moon(Oct.), Coon breeding moon (Nov.) and Baby bear moon (Dec.).
Since each part of the planet has different things going on in nature, the Moons had different names to reflect that. I suspect that Wolf Moon was probably the Wolf mating season, since it's coyote mating season in this area. The howling of coyotes last month was very prominent; I suspect Wolves howl a lot in January, too.