I've always wondered who made up its mind to draw something that is not even close to the real thing. Just a thought. I think it's a good question to ponder.
2006-10-17 13:33:44 · 5 answers · asked by laplena 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
That person's identity is lost in the gloom on antiquity.
Probably some cave man somewhere.
2006-10-17 17:24:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There have been several instances of heart-shaped items occuring in the world, both as a metaphor and as an actual shape. Consider the following:
-Coins of the ancient city of Cyrene depicted the seeds or fruit of the now-extinct silphium plant. The seeds were distinctly heart-shaped, and since this plant was widely used as an ancient herbal contraceptive or abortifacient, this shape may have come to be associated with sexuality and love.
-Mating Mute Swans can appear to make a "negative space" heart.
-The most popular (and therefore most widely debunked) theory is that to medieval Europeans, the shape of the heart was a direct metaphor for an inverse of the female buttocks (look at a playing card to see an upside-down heart).
Personally, I think it's a lot more appealing to make a heart symbol that is aesthetically pleasing than to make one that resembles an actual human heart; possibly people were just turned off of the idea of using a "heart" to signify things like desire and passion.
2006-10-17 17:35:01 · answer #2 · answered by supensa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The image of heart might have been inspired by the the shape of seed that are supposed to be the heart of plant life or the rounded fruits that are in heart shape almost. now the heart of the matter is the wrong part to reflect love for it is the mind that responds for love and heart just skips a beat or beats faster or freezes on the commands of mind. That is second distortion.
2006-10-17 18:02:34 · answer #3 · answered by seshu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The heart shape was used by early hunters living in Europe before the last ice age, and is believed to have symbolized the vital organ that sustains life by pumping blood through a living organism. Variations on this shape have defied systematisation through the ages, and have been used in different cultural and religious contexts
2006-10-17 17:32:06 · answer #4 · answered by Ars Magica 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would like to think it was St. Valentine. In fact, I will pretend it was!
2006-10-17 18:56:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋