Translation for "lupercal" to english

Lupercal

• lupercalia

Translation examples

lupercalia

Helmikuun 14 päivä ja Lupercalia aloittivat luonnon 'parittelukauden', uskottiin.
February 14 and Lupercalia started nature's 'mating season' it was believed.

Muistatte ystävänpäivän, helmikuun 14. – tiesittekö, että se oli Lupercalia-niminen hedelmällisyysjuhla, päivä, jona nuorten
You remember Valentine's Day, February 14 - Did you know it was the fertility festival of Lupercalia, the day young women's names were written on paper and put in a jar to be chosen by young men to have sex with, scourging them first with whips as it was believed that enhanced their fertility before sex.

Se oli pääpaikkana vuosittain 15. helmikuuta järjestetyssä Lupercalia-juhlassa, jossa Lupercuksen papit (luperci) uhrasivat luolassa vuohen ja koiran.
Livy named Inuus as the god originally worshiped at the Lupercalia, February 15, when his priests (Luperci) wore goat-skins and hit passers-by with goatskin whips.