Symbols The Full Moon A couple in an embrace kissing with the full moon behind them flanked by several popular romantic symbols Cupid Cupid was often shown blindfolded in art to symbolize loves blindness The notion that a pierce from Cupids arrow will render the victim hopelessly in lo ID: 449936
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Romance and Love
SymbolsSlide2
The Full MoonSlide3
A couple in an
embrace
, kissing with the full moon behind them, flanked by several popular romantic symbolsSlide4
CupidSlide5
Cupid was often shown blindfolded in art to symbolize love's blindness. The notion that a pierce from Cupid's arrow will render the victim hopelessly in love comes from the myth of Cupid and Psyche: When ordered by Venus to make her rival, Psyche, fall in love with the vilest thing in the world, Cupid is accidently scratched by his own golden arrow and falls hopelessly in love with Psyche visiting her each night while she slept.Slide6
DiamondsSlide7
Diamonds are worn to symbolize eternal love. The Greeks believed diamonds were tears of the gods and the Romans believed they were splinters of fallen stars
. Slide8
Heart ShapeSlide9
Nothing
says "I love you" more simply than the heart shape. T
he
earliest usage of the image appears to have been stamped on minted coins by the
Cyrenes
in the 7th century B.C
.Slide10
TulipsSlide11
As the 11th wedding anniversary flower, a tulip's velvety black
center
represents a lover's heart, darkened by the heat of passion. A Turkish legend adds further meaning to the red tulip's symbolism. The legend goes that a prince named
Farhad
fell in love with a maiden named
Shirin
. When
Farhad
learned that
Shirin
had been killed, he was overcome with sorrow and in desperation rode his horse over the edge of a cliff. The red tulip sprung from each drop of his blood, giving the red tulip the meaning "perfect love."Slide12
RosesSlide13
T
he
rose has been the most appreciated symbol of divine and romantic love, beauty and perfection. Slide14
DovesSlide15
The cooing and bowing courting ritual of doves inspire lovers. Doves have long been considered a symbol of faithful and eternal love because they mate for life. And if one dove is separated from its mate through death, the other will not mate again. Depictions of two doves together symbolize everlasting love.Slide16
Claddagh SymbolSlide17
The two tiny hands holding a crowned heart motif called the Claddagh symbol has been fashioned into rings for centuries and given as a token of love. The folklore of the first Claddagh ring is exceptionally romantic. A fisherman named Richard Joyce worked in the Moorish lands, far from his native Galway in Ireland. The legend goes that he was kidnapped by pirates and forced to work for a goldsmith. As a result, he became a skilled craftsman. During his slavery, he never forgot his true love, Margaret. He crafted a special ring to illustrate his love and loyalty to her. When Joyce was freed many years later, he returned to Galway, Ireland, and reunited with Margaret, giving her the ring.Slide18
Celtic Love KnotSlide19
The interlacing design of the Celtic Love Knot, having no beginning and no end, stands for the continuity of everlasting love and the intertwining and binding of two souls. Christianity adapted the Celtic symbolism incorporating the designs into high crosses and included them in religious manuscripts such as the Book of
Kells
. Although the ancient Celts did not record the meanings behind the designs, scholars speculate that the symbols represented basic principles of life, mankind and spirituality. Three knots laced together symbolized the tri-unity of lovers, God, man and woman.