Fertility Goddesses, Groundhog Bellies and the Coca-Cola Company

Gabriella Kalapos
282 pages (February 2006); 2.4MB download
Insomniac Press; ISBN: 9781897415184

DESCRIPTION

Year after year, many of us continue to perform holiday rituals with little or no understanding of what they mean or what purpose they serve. A part of us yearns to understand how and why these special days originated. Why does Groundhog Day exist and what does it have to do with the Virgin Mary and menstruation? What does May Day have to do with a celebration of human sexuality and Roman prostitutes? Where did Valentine's Day come from -- did the greeting card, chocolate, and florist companies create it, or is there something original, pure, and maybe even carnal about it?