Candies, Flowers, Love Notes, Romance ... all words you think of around Valentines Day ... at least I hope you do (men). But how did Valentines come to be? There are a few legends as to the exact origin.
Some say that Saint Valentine's Day is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. Valentine was a priest who was sentenced to prison for life and was going to be executed. Before his execution he wrote a letter “from your Valentine” to his beloved. His execution was during the Juno celebration in Rome on the 14th thus the Day Valentines Day.
Another legend says that Valentine's Day started ... in ancient Rome, on February 14th, a holiday to honor Juno. Juno was the Queen of the Roman Gods and Goddesses. The Romans also knew her as the Goddess of women and marriage. Then, the following day, February 15th, began the Feast of Lupercalia.
In those days, the lives of young boys and girls were strictly separate. However, on the eve of the festival of Lupercalia, the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars. Each young man would draw a girl's name from the jar and would then be partners for the duration of the festival with the girl whom he chose. Sometimes the pairing of the children lasted an entire year, and often, they would fall in love and would later marry.
No comments:
Post a Comment