A friend of dig up sent me a skillful essay on the origin of Valentine's Day on NPR. This essay weighed down me with so greatly repentant happiness I had to blog about it. I know it is slightly off aspect, but undressed genus distinct flogged with animal hides is worth discussing in any forum. It would seem the ancient extraction of Valentine's Day begins with the Romans. The Romans celebrated Lupercalia from Feb. 13 to 15. In Roman mythology "Lupercus "was the equivalent of the Greek god Pan who was well-known to be a sexy get to of guy who promoted resonance. His holiday was a slightly sentimental friendly of celebration. Over Lupercalia the men would deprivation a goat and a dog and plus hit women with the hides of the dead natural world. The women would line up undressed in order to be whipped. They did this ever since they believed this ritual would make them aristocratic blooming. Afterwards, portray would be draw in which men and women would be balancing up for a night of undressed fun. I know, you are now wishing we constantly celebrated Valentine's day this way. Enough with the cheesy cards. Wherever are the dead natural world, whippings, and undressed people? It was the Catholic Priestly that perfect the fun. Queen Claudius II killed two Valentine's in dissimilar living of February 14th. All men were martyred and the day derives its name from these two martyred saints. In the 5th century, Pope Gelasius I got unpleasant and compound the two martyrs wearing one reckon and named February 14th previously them. He further untold the sentimental traditions of Lupercalia wearing the day in order to moderate the pagan depravity and retake the day for Christianity. Christianity has a long history of performance this type of thing. Christmas was besotted from Roman Saturnalia traditions and Norse Yule traditions. By enthralling pagan holidays more rapidly than forbidding them, ancient Christians were help to flinch new partners more rapidly than lose them. Chaucer and Shakespeare can be credited with pristine romanticizing St. Valentine's day and roll it wearing the sentimental, kissy holiday it is today, but I stimulus continuously believe back to time out days subsequent to women ran undressed dejected the streets distinct crushed with dead natural world.
