Talk:The Fugue Feast (book)/@comment-199.200.27.7-20130222135634

The end of year and the time that "does not count" is reminiscent of the Aztec nemontemi ("empty days"). During that time the fires were extinguished, all domestic utensills broken and destroyed, demons wandering the earth, until the world resumed it's existence after the ceremony of New Fire. For Aztecs though this period was extremely unlucky and only New Fire ceremony gave the reason to celebrate.