Daysidans

Daysidans is a fictional cultural concept used in speculative fiction and online communities to describe a group that centers its philosophy and daily practice around daylight and time. The term is not tied to any real ethnicity or nationality; it appears mainly in narrative contexts where authors explore themes of seasonality, tempo of life, and perception of time.

Origins and usage: The concept has no single canonical origin, and it crosses multiple works and discussions as an invented culture. The etymology is varied, with most interpretations linking the name to daylight or to a fictional linguistic element meaning “guides of the day.”

Beliefs and practices: Daysidans are typically depicted as orienting activities to solar cycles, with rituals at dawn and dusk and calendars that mark solstices, equinoxes, and other solar events. They may value transparent time, deliberate pacing, and ecological mindfulness.

Social life: In fiction, daysidans may organize in collectives, settlements, or urban networks, emphasizing shared time over standardized clock time, with ceremonies, meals, and storytelling aligned to the sun.

Reception and analysis: Critics discuss daysidans as a narrative device for examining modern life’s temporal dissonance and the tension between natural rhythms and industrial time. Fan communities create symbols, glossaries, and fan fiction, but there is no canonical canon.

Related topics include time culture and solar calendars.