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Let us see how Birthday tradition originated in this world....
The book The Lore of Birthdays (New York, 1952) by Ralph and Adelin Linton, on pages 8, 18-20 had this to say: "The Greeks believed that everyone had a protective spirit or daemon who attended his birth and watched over him in life. This spirit had a mystic relation with the god on whose birthday the individual was born.
The Romans also subscribed to this idea. . . . This notion was carried down in human belief and is reflected in the guardian angel, the fairy godmother and the patron saint. . . . The custom of lighted candles on the cakes started with the Greeks. . . . Honey cakes round as the moon and lit with tapers were placed on the temple altars of [Artemis]. . . . Birthday candles, in folk belief, are endowed with special magic for granting wishes. . . . Lighted tapers and sacrificial fires have had a special mystic significance ever since man first set up altars to his gods. The birthday candles are thus an honor and tribute to the birthday child and bring good fortune"
This same book, on page 20, also had this to say about the traditional greeting of 'Happy Birthday': "Birthday greetings and wishes for happiness are an intrinsic part of this holiday. . . . originally the idea was rooted in magic. The working of spells for good and evil is the chief usage of witchcraft. One is especially susceptible to such spells on his birthday, as one's personal spirits are about at the time. . . . Birthday greetings have power for good or ill because one is closer to the spirit world on this day."
And Horst Fuhrmann, professor of medieval history at the University of Regensburg, made this comment about birthdays: "The birthday celebration was in honor of one's guardian angel or god, whose altar was decorated with flowers and wreaths; sacrifices were offered to the god of festival, friends offered congratulations and brought gifts." Furthermore, he stated in the German newspaper "Süddeutschen Zeitung": "Great prominence was given the birthday parties held for the emperor, replete with parades, public banquets, circus plays, and the hunting of animals: spectacles disgusting to the [early] Christians."
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« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2008, 06:41:07 PM » |
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nice post dear
thanks for sharing
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« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2008, 06:49:14 PM » |
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Thanks rajnish
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« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2008, 04:15:52 PM » |
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Nice to read....
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« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2008, 04:23:50 PM » |
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Nice to read....
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« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2008, 06:43:28 AM » |
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GOOD SEARCH WORK DONE KARTHI.
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« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2008, 01:52:33 PM » |
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THanks a lot shah bro and kailash dear
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« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2008, 04:26:20 AM » |
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« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2008, 03:37:43 PM » |
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Thanx a lot for sharing this info bro
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« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2008, 12:32:17 PM » |
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« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2008, 02:06:17 PM » |
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Thanks dear
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