Reฤ ‘medeni mesec’ se danas koristi svakodnevno, ali mnogi ne znaju njeno istorijsko poreklo i pravo znaฤenje. Prema ekspertu za keltske tradicije i folklor, Seren Havlei-Plovs, ovaj pojam vuฤe korene iz daleke proลกlosti, moลพda joลก od petog veka u Evropi, prenosi Mirror.
Govorecฬi o tradiciji na TikToku, Seren je objasnila da termin ‘medeni mesec’ bukvalno potiฤe od konzumiranja medovine – fermentisanog picฬa napravljenog od meda – tokom jednog lunarnog ciklusa nakon venฤanja. Odatle dolazi kombinacija reฤi ‘med’ i ‘mesec’.
@hedgerow_healing ๐ฏ๐ HONEY MOON ORIGIN ๐๐ฏ Our society is steeped in Folklore, mythology, and ancient practices which still make up a large part of our modern cultures and heritage. Most of us go through our entire lives unaware that we are carrying in traditions which are hundreds (if not thousands) of years old – and the popular honeymoon is one of them! Before Church weddings became the normality, people used to get married in many ways, such as handfasting and jumping over the fire. These were usually nature ceremonies and took place outdoors, in the land, especially at certain times of year such as Beltane and Lughnasadh. The ceremonies focused on love, fertility, and the celebration of nature. In fact Beltane is well-known as a fertility festival, as it is the height of spring and many handfasting and other wedding practices would take place on this day to reflect the symbolism of the festival. After a couple was wed, it was tradition for them to drink mead for a full moon cycle after their wedding as celebration. This can actually be traced back to the 5th century and would have taken place amongst our pagan ancestors. Interestingly, mead was thought to be an aphrodisiac and could aid in fertility – which was another reason newlyweds would drink it after their wedding. Over the years the meaning has obviously evolved and we now know it as a period that newlyweds take off together, usually as a holiday. . . . . . #honeymoon #honey #mead #handfasting #paganweddings #pagantraditions #paganmarriage #meadery #meaddrink #celticeurope #celticbritain #celtictraditions #celticmarriage #beltane #beltanecelebrations #fertility #fertilityritual #fertilityceremony #celticceremony #femininity #femaleenergy #feminine #feminineritual #love #loveceremony #beltane #pagantraditions #pagantiktok #celticfestival
Osim ลกto je bila simbol novih poฤetaka,ย medovinaย se smatrala afrodizijakom koji je, prema verovanjima, mogao da podstakne plodnost i donese srecฬu mladencima. Iako se ovaj obiฤaj danas retko praktikuje, termin je opstao, menjajucฬi znaฤenje tokom vekova. Danas se medeni mesec odnosi na period posle venฤanja kada mladenci obiฤno odlaze na zajedniฤko putovanje, ฤesto u vidu luksuznog odmoraโ, objaลกnjava Seren.
Da bi oลพivela tradiciju, Seren je ohrabrila svoje sledbenike da razmotre vracฬanje starog obiฤaja. ‘ล ta vi mislite? Da li da ponovo uvedemo ispijanje medovine tokom ciklusa punog meseca posle venฤanja?’, upitala je ona.
Njen predlog je naiลกao na razliฤite reakcije. Jedan korisnik je komentarisao: โKao proizvoฤaฤ medovine, ovo je moj standardni poklon za medeni mesec!โ Drugi su istakli praktiฤnost tradicije, napominjucฬi da ne moลพe svako sebi da priuลกti luksuzni odmor, dok je trecฬi uz smeh dodao: โPijete medovinu ceo mesec? Mislim da moje telo to ne bi moglo da izdrลพi, ali mi se sviฤa priฤa!’.
Neki su primetili da tradicija medovine i dalje ลพivi u odreฤenim regionima, kao ลกto je Bretanja u Francuskoj, gde je poznata kao โChouchenโ i ฤesto se nudi mladencima. Seren je bio oduลกevljen ovim otkricฬem, primetivลกi vezu Bretanje sa keltskom proลกloลกcฬu.
Zanimljivo je da je obiฤaj ‘medenog meseca’ kakav danas poznajemo poฤeo da se razvija tek u 19. veku u Britaniji. Prema ฤasopisu Country Living, prvobitno nije bilo zamiลกljeno kao romantiฤni odmor. Umesto toga, mladenci su otputovali u posetu rodbini i prijateljima koji nisu mogli da prisustvuju venฤanju. Tek krajem 1800-ih, medeni mesec je poฤeo da poprima oblik luksuznog putovanja, koje danas simbolizuje poฤetak zajedniฤkog braฤnog ลพivota.
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