?Where did the name honeymoon come from
The honeymoon is of ancient Iraqi origin...
The bride’s family used to offer pure honey to their daughter’s husband for a full lunar month, starting from the first day of the marriage.
Therefore, its first name in its Iraqi form was transferred to Europe (Honeymoon).
It still bears the same old name and is not the literal translation of honeymoon.
As for why the Moon, it is because the Iraqis used the lunar calendar and not the solar calendar.
In the picture, two Iraqi brides in the middle of the third millennium BC
We can notice the wide-eyed eyes of the man and the woman. We also notice the groom holding the bride’s hand at the wrist area while she places her left hand behind his neck as if they were standing to take a wedding photo in a modern photography studio.
The father of the bride was required to provide quantities of honey to the newlyweds throughout the period of a lunar month until the moon returned to being full.
They believed that this drink was very beneficial for newlyweds, so they had to drink it for 30 days in the hope that the wife would become pregnant with their child during this period...
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