The History of Birthdays: stars, birthday daemons, and cake
For the Love of History - Podcast autorstwa Tehya N.
It's celebrated almost universally, billions of cards are sent for it, its been happening for thousands of years, and you're assigned a daemon on that day, I'm talking about the day of all days, your birthday. Find out why birthdays in the west are celebrated with cake and candles, and why the sky on your day of birth was so important. Also, birthday demon, come on... need I say more? Instagram: @fortheloveof_history E-mail: [email protected] Further Research Here’s Why You Should Thank the Ancient Greeks for Your Birthday Cake https://www.readersdigest.ca/culture/birthday-cake-origin/ The lore of Birthays refrence page http://www.enochbible.com/PDFs/Birthdays%20-%20A%20Reference%20Work.pdf Good Question: How Did Birthday Traditions Start? https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/01/24/good-question-how-did-birthday-traditions-start/#:~:text=The%20idea%20of%20celebrating%20the,birth%20is%20a%20pagan%20tradition.&text=The%20ancient%20Greeks%20believed%20that,book%20The%20Lore%20of%20Birthdays. Encyclopedia: Birthdays https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/birthdays British Museum https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1986-1001-64 Books The Lore of Birthdays by Ralph Linton, Adelin Linton https://books.google.co.jp/books/about/The_Lore_of_Birthdays.html?id=juASAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
