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The History of Birthdays: stars, birthday daemons, and cake
The History of Birthdays: stars, birthday daemons, and cake
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20 minutes
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Aug 28, 2020
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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_historyE-mail: fortheloveofhistory2020@gmail.comFurther ResearchHere’s Why You Should Thank the Ancient Greeks for Your Birthday Cakehttps://www.readersdigest.ca/culture/birthday-cake-origin/The lore of Birthays refrence page http://www.enochbible.com/PDFs/Birthdays%20-%20A%20Reference%20Work.pdfGood 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/birthdaysBritish Museumhttps://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1986-1001-64BooksThe Lore of Birthdays by Ralph Linton, Adelin Lintonhttps://books.google.co.jp/books/about/The_Lore_of_Birthdays.html?id=juASAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y
Released:
Aug 28, 2020
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Podcast episode
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