Good Morning friends
The name February comes either
from the Old-Italian god Februus or else from Februa.
This was an ancient commemoration
during which worshippers gathered at a grotto on the Palatine Hill in Rome
called the Lupercal.
The sacrifice of goats and dogs to
the Roman deities Lupercus and Faunus was part of
the ceremony.
Luperci (priests of Lupercus)
dressed in goatskins and, smeared with the sacrificial blood, would run about
striking women with thongs of goat skin. This was thought to assure them of
fertility and an easy delivery.
The name for these thongs—februa—meant
"means of purification" and eventually gave the month of February its
name.
Have a great month of February.
Kam
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