The origins of the “Honeymoon”.
Where did we get the tradition of the “Honeymoon”?
There are several explanations. Pick the one you like best.
Some say the word “Honeymoon” has roots in the Norse work “hjunottsmanathr”. Ancient European history explains that a husband to be would go to a neighboring village and abduct his bride to be. Once abducted he had to keep his new “Bride” in hiding for a while. His friends would help hide and them. Once the bride’s family gave up searching, the groom returned to his village with his new bride. The word “hjunottsmanathr” originally meant “hiding” and later became Honeymoon.
An ancient practice of kidnapping a bride to be and drinking mead (honey wine) dates from the time of Atilla the Hum – AD 433 to AD 453.
Northern European legends say that newlyweds would take time away from everyone and drink a daily cup of mead “honey wine” for four weeks or one “moon”. Thus the work “honeymoon”
Ancient Babylon about 2000 BC had a tradition where for the first month after a wedding the brides father would give the groom all the mead he wanted.Babylon’s calendar was a lunar calendar based on the moon. They called that month “honey month” which became honeymoon.
Regardless of the origin of the word, today the honeymoon is a time for a couple to celebrate their marriage and new life together and their love for each other that made the marriage possible.
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