Romantic Elements of Valentine's Day

Love is a universal thing, it happens all the time but only during Valentine’s Day, it is explicitly professed, vows exchanged “till death do us part”.

The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.

Author Hellen Keller

When Valentine's Day is near, the Cupid is not far away. One of the most famous and revered symbols of Valentine is Cupid. It is displayed as Cupid Angel, Cupid Wings or Cupid God himself. The ancient God as worshipped by Romans was Cupid, also known as the Angel of love. Greeks worshipped Eros who is also the God of love. The Legend follows that Cupid was son of Mercury and Venus. Mercury was the winged messenger of Gods and Venus is famously known all over the world to be the goddess of love. According to Romans, Cupid always appeared as a winged infant/child carrying a bow and arrow ready to shoot with his aim.

Roses were a symbol of love from what looks like eternity, an element of showing love and affection. They were used when words were hard to come, lips were getting sealed and when words would not spill easily in declaring one's love.

Since heart represents our feelings and sentiments, they are appropriate to show off as a symbol for Valentine's Day. If you were a scientist or a thinker, you probably would think brain ought to be the one for showing the element of feelings. Although brain is the one who controls and generates hormones for feelings of love, lovers do not feel so the prominence as compared to heart. Poets and philosophers also do not think the same way as scientists and scholars, hence brain goes at the backseat while heart stands upright in the judgement and winning in front of all the couples and lovers.

African parrots are depicted as Love Birds in general. However, a pair of Swan, doves and other birds also portray love and everlasting relationship in couples.  These birds are chosen because they are always seen prominently in pairs. Deep down, the couples exhibit a lifetime of being faithful and in love. Their commitment is not ephemeral. Doves were selected for reason that they remain faithful to their mates lifelong and also were represented by the Goddess Venus. These pairs remain loyal and devoted to the family and to each other. Naturally, they impersonate the element of Valentine.

Love knots are a series of intertwined knots that seem to merge into each other. The beginning and end of the knots are not imminent which shows an everlasting symbol of love and friendship. Lovers wrote message on the symbol. They were calligraphed on paper in interfacing endlessly.