Timeline for Origin of "a flower marriage?"
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| Apr 26, 2011 at 15:49 | comment | added | ccyn | Everybody in New Religious Movements attempts to bring a sense of antiquity to their rituals. It's pretty normal. There are some fun marriage practices with better proof from the British isles like 'Broomstick' marriages (hopping over a broomstick in the doorway of the house was a legal marriage) or running away to the Scottish border town of Gretna Green to be married at the smiths anvil. There are elements of handfasting that suggest antiquity, but the modern handfasting ceremonies are syncretic, not wholly ancient, not wholly modern. | |
| Apr 26, 2011 at 12:59 | comment | added | Jeff | As I've heard it, the Handfasting is tradition in many pre-christian European countries, but I freely admit most of my knowledge comes from modern-day neopagans. | |
| Apr 26, 2011 at 12:14 | vote | accept | Asmor | ||
| Apr 26, 2011 at 7:36 | history | answered | ccyn | CC BY-SA 3.0 |