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U<\/span>nfortunately, many bridal traditions have dark origins — like carrying the bride over the threshold.\u00a0 <\/span>You may have seen this custom in romantic comedies where it\u2019s usually either a humorous or sentimental moment.<\/span><\/p>\n However, <\/span>Insider reports<\/span> that the practice originates with the <\/span><\/a>Rape of the Sabine Women<\/span><\/a>, an event in Roman mythology in which soldiers abducted and subsequently raped local women.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Later, the tradition became a common Roman wedding practice. Insider says that following the wedding, the bride attempted to run to her mother\u2019s home while the groom and his friends\u00a0 chased her. They then carried her into the groom\u2019s home \u201cover the threshold.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n At this point, the cat-and-mouse game was a show meant to represent that the bride didn\u2019t want to leave her parents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, <\/span>the American Wedding<\/span><\/a>, which provides wedding invitations and stationery, also says that generations ago, a bride maintained her dignity by appearing unwilling to \u201cgive herself\u201d to her new husband. This was for appearance\u2019s sake so at the threshold of the bedroom, the husband carried his wife in.<\/span><\/p>\n The American Wedding also points to the long-ago belief that demons followed the bride to her new home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cTo keep them from entering the home, the groom would carry her across the threshold the first time she entered the home,\u201d it says.\u00a0\u201dAfter that, demons could not come in, and the bride was free to come and go as she pleased.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The threshold itself also his several meanings, according to Insider. The British believed the threshold could contain evil spirits capable of damaging a marriage or the woman\u2019s child-bearing ability. Therefore, the groom could not allow the bride to touch it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Thresholds are also important in Zoroastrianism, an ancient Iranian religion. Insider reports that Zoroastrians smear the couple\u2019s doorjambs with turmeric after a wedding. The groom then passes through without touching the threshold, and his new mother-in-law marks his forehead with red pigment and\u00a0throws rice at him.<\/span><\/p>\n Bottom Line: While this tradition may have some disturbing origins, if it\u2019s something you and your husband want to do, go for it! If not, this practice has fizzled over the years and won\u2019t bring your marriage bad luck!<\/span><\/p>\n To learn more about how brides are \u201cbucking tradition,\u201d read our blogs on <\/span>the penny in your shoe<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>throwing rice<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>something blue<\/span><\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Unfortunately, many bridal traditions have dark origins — like carrying the bride over the threshold.\u00a0 You may have seen this custom in romantic comedies where it\u2019s usually either a humorous or sentimental moment. However…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wedding-traditions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16568"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16572,"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16568\/revisions\/16572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}