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128: Celebrating Ancient Valentine: She-Wolf, Politics and Whippings
Valentine’s Day is celebrated annually on February 14. It is recognized as a celebration of romance in many regions around the world.
This holiday that evolved to what we know as Valentine’s Day today was a very ancient pre-Roman pastoral festival to avert evil spirits and purify the city. According to Plutarch, from February 13th to 15th romantic Roman fellows stripped naked, grabbed some goat-skin whips and whipped consenting young maidens in hopes of increasing their fertility.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://martinifisher.com/2020/02/21/celebrating-ancient-valentine-she-wolf-politics-and-whippings/
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By Marianne FisherValentine’s Day is celebrated annually on February 14. It is recognized as a celebration of romance in many regions around the world.
This holiday that evolved to what we know as Valentine’s Day today was a very ancient pre-Roman pastoral festival to avert evil spirits and purify the city. According to Plutarch, from February 13th to 15th romantic Roman fellows stripped naked, grabbed some goat-skin whips and whipped consenting young maidens in hopes of increasing their fertility.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://martinifisher.com/2020/02/21/celebrating-ancient-valentine-she-wolf-politics-and-whippings/
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