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Origins of Valentines day revealed
14 years ago
How did we get valentines day from this? haha
Source NPR (national public radio): From Feb. 13 to 15, the Romans celebrated the fertility feast of Lupercalia. The men sacrificed a goat and a dog, then whipped women with the hides of the animals they had just slain.
The "Roman "romantics" were drunk and naked," says Noel Lenski, a historian at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Young women would actually line up for the men to hit them, Lenski says. They believed this would make them fertile.
The brutal fete included a matchmaking lottery, in which young men drew the names of women from a jar. The couple would then be um.... "coupled" up for the duration of the festival – or longer, if the match was right.
The ancient Romans may also be responsible for the name of our modern day of love. Emperor Claudius II executed two men — both named Valentine — on Feb. 14 of different years in the 3rd century A.D. Their martyrdom was honored by the Catholic Church with the celebration of the first St. Valentine's Day.
Source NPR (national public radio): From Feb. 13 to 15, the Romans celebrated the fertility feast of Lupercalia. The men sacrificed a goat and a dog, then whipped women with the hides of the animals they had just slain.
The "Roman "romantics" were drunk and naked," says Noel Lenski, a historian at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Young women would actually line up for the men to hit them, Lenski says. They believed this would make them fertile.
The brutal fete included a matchmaking lottery, in which young men drew the names of women from a jar. The couple would then be um.... "coupled" up for the duration of the festival – or longer, if the match was right.
The ancient Romans may also be responsible for the name of our modern day of love. Emperor Claudius II executed two men — both named Valentine — on Feb. 14 of different years in the 3rd century A.D. Their martyrdom was honored by the Catholic Church with the celebration of the first St. Valentine's Day.
Lozbunneh
~lozbunneh
In a culture they have a similar festival where the women get whipped and the more you were whipped the more honour you gained for your family, or something like that c.c;;
YourMainParadox
~yourmainparadox
OP
And to think people consider that a fetish now :P
Lozbunneh
~lozbunneh
lol indeed :P
Stiefelchen
~stiefelchen
This is exactly why I love the Romans <3
