The Ancient Greek Tradition of Birthday Cake
” width=”1024″>Modern birthday cake, with the candles marking each year of life, may date back to worship of the Goddess Artemis. Credit: Will Clayton / CC BY-SA 2.0
The global tradition of blowing out candles which adorn a birthday cake to be shared with well-wishers might be rooted in an ancient Greek votive ritual to honor the goddess Artemis, the female archetype associated with childbirth, wildlife and the moon.
The Ancient Greeks started making cakes that were modeled after the moon as tribute to Artemis, the goddess of the moon. The cakes were made as circles, then lit with candles to shine like the moon notes Columbia Daily. Tradition tells us that a long-lost connection with devotional cakes to Artemis may survive today as part of the most popular celebratory habit in the Western world and beyond.
Martha B. Adamire, 86, of Mount Joy, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 29, 2021 in the home of her loving daughter, Karen and "special man," her son-in-law Thomas Paul.
A graveside funeral service for Susan Wise, of Houston, formerly of Brownwood, will be held at 11:00 am Wednesday, May 5, 2021, in the Rockwood Cemetery, under the direction of Heartland Funeral Home of Early. The family will host a reception at 1:00 pm at St. John’s Church in Brownwood, following the graveside service.
Mrs. Wise passed away on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in a Houston hospital.
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Susan Duncan Wise passed away after a brief illness on April 27, 2021. She was born on September 16, 1941 to Vernon and Mildred Treadway Duncan in Little Rock, Arkansas. She married Dr. Wesley Samuel Wise on December 31,1966 and they made their home in Brownwood, Texas. He preceded her in death. Susan then made her home in Houston, Texas.
Susan was dedicated to her church, Saint Paul Orthodox Church where she served on the Altar Guild and decorated the church for all the holidays. Susan was also Saint Paul’s unofficial greeter, making every stranger her friend.
As a devoted student of history, Susan was an active member of the Lady Washington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and The National Society of The Colonial Dames in the State of Texas. Susan also served as a docent with the Bayou Bend Docent Organization for many years. She was a long-time board member of the Brown County Museum of History.
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