Myths

Dragobetele, the Romanian St. Valentines: a God of Love with nature-bound rituals of celebrating togetherness

24/02/2016

I didn’t know too much about Dragobete, but it would be the Romanian equivalent of Saint Valentine. Like many of us, though. I did not know that it is a celebration of Nature, fertility and young love, of romantic pledges, stemming from birds-ancestors. And how much respect there is, in some communities that never forget […]

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