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Re:Only eat oysters in months with an 'r'? by lonelappde on Saturday November 23, 2019 @08:41AM (#21614047)
I thought Mars is the god of marriage, and Venus is the god of venturing. It's right there in the name.
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Re:Only eat oysters in months with an 'r'? by umanwizard on Saturday November 23, 2019 @06:12PM (#21617258)
According to the OED, the Latin root of “marriage” is of uncertain origin. As far as I’m aware, there’s no known connection to Mars.
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Re:Only eat oysters in months with an 'r'? by carlob on Saturday November 23, 2019 @01:52PM (#21615736)
No, Mars is the god of war (and the archetype of masculine) and Venus the god of love (archetype of feminine).
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