6/6/2023 0 Comments Happy game of thrones day![]() ![]() Two star-crossed lovers, each from a totally different world but intrigued by each other. In that vein, I’m going to tell you a story of romance, passion, and tragedy. Whatever the true origin actually is, it has been lost to time but still it persists as a kernel of truth of being somehow a celebration of love. Other stories link the holiday of love and romance to games of picking girl’s names out of hats. Some say it has connections with an ancient Roman holiday called Lupercalia, which functioned as a multi-day party around February 14th celebrating “fertility” if you catch my drift. Like the Starks and their problem of too many Brandons getting confused for each other. Depending on the source it goes back to any number of martyred Valetine’s and their feasts. Valentine’s Day itself is not a holiday whose origins are easy to trace. ![]() The closest may be the feast of the Maiden’s Day, although it’s a rather gloomy affair when maiden’s gather in septs, light candles, and sign hymns while placing parchment garlands around the neck of statues of the Maiden. Many of the holidays from the Faith of the Seven revolve around their seven faced deity and there’s not an exact paragon of love and romance. Only reacting to vague cultural recollections passed down from generation to generation until the true story is lost to an endless game of telephone errrr….raven? I challenge you dear reader, could anything be more Game of Thrones? The basic, simple truth at the core of the show we watch: love.Īs for anything like Valentine’s Day in Westeros, it is hard to say. But a tradition steeped in the shadows of the past, no one quite sure what it actually is or what it used to mean. Flowers, candies, special dinners, declarations and tokens of love the world over. Ah, Valentine’s Day, a day celebrating love new and old.
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