Love is beautiful!
Love is beautiful! How true! A person in love is termed as the luckiest chap in the whole world as he or she gets the opportunity to witness and feel the purest of all the feelings ever felt by the human race. Many famous and even anonymous lovers have tried to define love for the world, as some termed it as a bond of affection between two hearts while some defined love to be the need of being with your soul mate so that you can spend your life in a heaven on earth. Though there have been numerous definitions of love given till date but all these definitions have one thing in common. All these definitions speak of valentine symbols, which can help in representing, articulating and intensifying love.
Over the past many centuries many valentine symbols have been made use of for conveying the beauty of love to not only the lovers but also to the world. In the ancient times the common valentine symbols used were butterflies, dolphins, crystal and pendants. With the changing times much change came over the valentine symbols, which got changed to heart, Cupid, the rose, doves and other lovebirds, love knot and the ribbons, laces and frills.
Heart
What can be more impressive than the loving heart to be a symbol of undying love? When one gives one heart to another person then he or she presents his entire love, feelings, wishes and blessings to his or her lover. That is why heart is given ample importance in all the matters concerned with love. Well, heart is regarded to be the center of all the human emotions and feelings and also the most essential thing needed by humans for living and thus giving one’s heart to someone whom you love means that you are laying down the basic thing required for your existence for getting your beloved’s undoubted love.
Cupid
Cupid, the naughty and loving son of Venus, the Goddess of Love, is often held responsible for two person’s falling in love. As per the ancient myths and legends, any two persons who were hit by Cupid’s arrows were bound to fall in love. Cupid id often portrayed as a young, half naked boy, having wings and possessing a mischievous smile and an arrow. He is known to carry along a quiver of arrows, which he uses for arising love in young people’s heart.
The Rose
When we are talking of such an exquisite feeling called love then how can we forget another beautiful creation of the Supreme Power, the roses? If the alphabets of the word ‘Rose’ are juggled, we get the word ‘Eros’, the god of love. But there are numerous varieties and colors of roses available in the world and not all signify love. Some of these roses also symbolize feelings like hatred. So you need to be extra careful while selecting the ideal colored rose for your beloved.
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White rose - true love as well as purity of the mind Red roses – love and affection Yellow roses – friendship Pink roses – friendship or sweetheart Black roses – farewell
Doves And Other Lovebirds
Dove and other love birds are also regarded to be the valentine symbols as according to a common belief the love birds were able to find their soul mates on the Valentine’s day only. This belief is and will always been cherished by the young generations who are in love. Dove on the other hand is considered to be symbols of purity, humbleness and innocence.
Love Knot
The young Muslim women were known to send their love pledges and promises of love to their lovers with the help of love knots according to a famous Arabian belief. Since then these love knots have become famous in the love world as pure symbols of love.
Ribbons, Laces And Frills
Another essential and famous valentine symbols have been the ribbons, laces and frills from past many ages. The use of the ribbons, laces and frills as valentine symbols can be attributed to all those knights in the ancient times who used to ride on horses while wearing the scarf as presented by their beloveds.
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