History of FLORALIA & Parallels with Beltane and May Day

#flora #roman #paganism Are the Ludi Florales the origin of May Day or Beltaine? Goddess Flora, Chloris, Lupercalia and Parilia. Roman Festivals of fertility, sex and lust. CONNECT & SUPPORT💖 - WEBSITE & NEWSLETTER 💌 https://drangelapuca.com/#newsletter - BECOME MY PATRON! 🎩 https://www.patreon.com/angelapuca - ONE-OFF DONATIONS 💰 https://paypal.me/angelasymposium - JOIN MEMBERSHIPS 👥 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPSbip_LX2AxbGeAQfLp-Ig/join - MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/@drangelapuca/featured - MY STORE 🛍 https://drangelapuca.com/store - MY MERCH 👕 https://drangelapuca.creator-spring.com/ - Video Trascripts https://www.innersymposium.study/ 💬 FOLLOW ME👣 - YouTube (@drangelapuca)🌟 - Instagram (drangelapuca) 📸 - TikTok (Angela's Symposium) 🎵 - Twitter (@angelapuca11) 🐦 - Facebook (Dr Angela Puca) 👥 REFERENCES Brandt, J. R. and Iddeng, J. W. (eds.) (2012) Greek and Roman Festivals: Content, Meaning, and Practice, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Corrias, G. M. (2015) Dei e religione dell’antica Roma, Cagliari, Arkadia. Ovid (2013) Fasti (trans. A. Wiseman & P. Wiseman), Oxford: Oxford University Press. Rupke, J. (ed.) (2011) A Companion to Roman Religion, 1st edition., Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell. Sabbatucci, D. (1999) La religione di Roma antica, Roma, Il Saggiatore. Sanctis, G. D. (2012) La religione a Roma. Luoghi, culti, sacerdoti, dèi, Roma, Carocci. 00:00 Introduction: The Roman festival of Floralia 02:53 Methodology 04:49 Public & private festivals in ancient Rome 06:43 The nature of Roman deities 08:40 The Roman calendar 10:22 Floralia or Ludi Florales 13:10 A parody of circus games 15:49 The role of prostitutes 19:36 Was Flora a goddess? 25:40 Are there connections to Mayday and Beltane? 29:29 Support Angela’s Symposium Music by Erose MusicBand. Check them out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWfmNJ650NA