Happy Lupercalia!

BlackWolfDS · Post by **BlackWolfDS** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:18 am

Weird, I just saw that on the Werelist.....

Happy Lupercalia!

RedEye · Post by **RedEye** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:21 am

Sancta Lupa, ad meam benedictas donat! Jubilatum et Ludum pro Omnes
Lupae et Lupi!

vrikasatma · Post by **vrikasatma** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:11 am

Hey. Get away from me with that goatskin whip.

Wrong movie, dammit!

Figarou · Post by **Figarou** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:58 am

Oh man...I never heard of this.

*looks it up*

http://www.quasisemi.com/ego/lupercalia.htm

Oh!! Interesting!! Now I know!!

White Paw · Post by **White Paw** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:15 am

WOOT!!

Kaebora · Post by **Kaebora** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:20 am

I think most of this forum is too young to celebrate Lupercalia the traditional Roman way.

No, I'm not insinuating anything, I think.

Nevermind.

In_Cruce_Salus · Post by **In_Cruce_Salus** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:28 am

(After several minutes with Wikipedia)

Okay, it looks like Lupercalia was when people sacraficed a couple goats and dogs, rubbed their blood on their heads, then ran around in goatskins whipping girls and women with thongs cut out of the victims' flesh (not sure if this means the whips were made from the female humans or the goats and dogs). It was supposed to be a fertility type thing.

So, Happy Lupercalia! Let me get my goatskin and sacraficial dagger, then this party will really get started.

-Cruce

Fenrir · Post by **Fenrir** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:50 am

RedEye wrote:Sancta Lupa, ad meam benedictas donat! Jubilatum et Ludum pro Omnes
Lupae et Lupi!

DICISNE LATINAM!?
what he said was "Holy wolf, he gives to me benefits/joys (pretio would have been better)! Happiness/Jubilation and praise for all, he-wolfs and she-wolfs.

How do you all not know what Lupercania is, such Latin noobs.

It was a festival of fertility in honor of the wolf that cared for Romulus and Remus. I love this day it means I get a free day in Latin!

Happy Lupercania

Shadow Wulf · Post by **Shadow Wulf** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:51 am

Figarou wrote:Oh man...I never heard of this.

*looks it up*

http://www.quasisemi.com/ego/lupercalia.htm

Oh!! Interesting!! Now I know!!

Wow, I heard of this either.

Happy Lupercalia!

KittyRose · Post by **KittyRose** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:33 am

Happy Lupercalia everybody!!

MoonKit · Post by **MoonKit** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:00 am

Oh PariahPoet, you're awesome for posting this! Happy Lupercalia to everyone!

PariahPoet · Post by **PariahPoet** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:33 am

*gives her best kitty-howl to everyone!*

MattSullivan · Post by **MattSullivan** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:09 pm

Now THIS is quite possibly the mose obscure thing I have EVER heard of :}

Fullmoonstar · Post by **Fullmoonstar** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:12 pm

Okies sooo...Happy Lupercalia

RedEye · Post by **RedEye** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 12:39 am

Io! Lupercalia!

Actually, I thought it was in Martes, not this month.

Scott Gardener · Post by **Scott Gardener** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:45 pm

Wha-whoo! Goat's blood, running naked!

Actually, there's more obscure things than Lupercalia. Ever met anyone diagnosed with Kuru or cyclopaea? The first got it by eating the brain of someone else infected, while the latter dies in infancy because of a severe deformity that includes having only one mid-line eye. And, I dare any of you to say you've collected an American 1913 Liberty Head "V" nickel; only five were minted, all illegally by a guy who snuck in after-hours while they were preparing to start cranking out the new buffalo design.

PariahPoet · Post by **PariahPoet** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:48 pm

Now cyclopaea I am familiar with! Anyone remember cyclops kitten?

DarkShadow · Post by **DarkShadow** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:57 pm

hah, how cool!

RedEye · Post by **RedEye** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:28 pm

Fenrir wrote:
RedEye wrote:Sancta Lupa, ad meam benedictas donat! Jubilatum et Ludum pro Omnes
Lupae et Lupi!

DICISNE LATINAM!?
what he said was "Holy wolf, he gives to me benefits/joys (pretio would have been better)! Happiness/Jubilation and praise for all, he-wolfs and she-wolfs.

How do you all not know what Lupercania is, such Latin noobs.

It was a festival of fertility in honor of the wolf that cared for Romulus and Remus. I love this day it means I get a free day in Latin!

Happy Lupercania

That was Sancta Lupa->Femine ending, which would render as Holy Wolf-b**** (she) gives me benefits\blessings. Remember; Romulus and Remus
were suckled by a Wolf-b****, and their cult, the Lupii was one of the oldest cults in Rome, and the members of this semi-secret society were thought to be Werewolves themselves! And, yes, Happiness and Games for all Dog Wolves and Bitches...

There is one other thing... The word "Lupa" also meant "w****"...

Asto your question, Dicsne Latium; I can only say; Hoc Ille!

Lupin · Post by **Lupin** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 2:06 am

Scott Gardener wrote: And, I dare any of you to say you've collected an American 1913 Liberty Head "V" nickel; only five were minted, all illegally by a guy who snuck in after-hours while they were preparing to start cranking out the new buffalo design.

That makes it 5x more common than the 1933 Double Eagle of which there is only one known specimen in private hands.

Teh_DarkJokerWolf · Post by **Teh_DarkJokerWolf** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:41 am

A lil late, but better late than never!!

Happy Lupercalia!!!

In_Cruce_Salus · Post by **In_Cruce_Salus** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:55 pm

National Geographic wrote: Whips snap as young women eagerly bare their shoulders for a touch of the lash, believed to bestow fertility. A priest offers prayers at an altar near the Lapis Niger, a sacred site paved in black stone that survives today in the Roman Forum. In the sixth century B.C. residents of early Rome---part of the Italic group called Latins---purified the community by honoring gods with the ritual of Lupercalia. First priests sacraficed goats and a dog at the Lupercal, the cave where legend claims a she-wolf suckled Romulus and Remus, the mythical founders of Rome. Then they smear the goats' blood on two youths, shown here flailing at the crowd. Held February 15, the Lupercalia remained an important Roman festival until banned by the pope in A.D. 494.

I found this caption in a National Geographic as a part of an article about pre-catholic Italy. The issue was the January 2005 one.

-Cruce

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