One theory surrounds the Roman Feast of Lupercalia, held on Feb. 15, and an ancient pagan fertility ... s Day are certain symbols that reflect the meaning of love and romance.

the goddess of love. Meanwhile, Aphrodite's son Eros was often depicted carrying a hare, as a symbol of unquenchable desire. From the Greek world through the Renaissance, hares often appear as ...

(RNS) — “Love ... sexuality. Pagan cultures established a tradition of planting a maypole in the ground and dancing around it, and modern Wiccans still regard the maypole as a symbol of ...

Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate romance and love and kissy-face fealty ... St. Valentine's Day with Lupercalia to expel the pagan rituals. But the festival was more of a theatrical ...

This version claims the tree's fall as a pagan symbol turned it into a declaration of Christianity. The tree was then seen as a triangular symbol of the Holy Trinity. Whether or not that's the ...

As portrayed by Chris Hemsworth in the Thor and Avengers movies, Thor is a flagon of mead by day, bevy of wenches by night kind of guy–the sort of god whose love ... it was a pagan symbol ...

Hate groups have been pulling symbols, words and ideologies rooted in European pagan belief systems to advance racist beliefs for decades. Criminologist and civil rights attorney Dr. Brian Levin has ...

Ireland’s love symbols have a long history from the pagan worship of fertility goddesses such as Brigid and, in some interpretations, Sheelagh Na Gig. The Claddagh Ring is probably Ireland’s ...