In russian, when a man is said to have horns, it means his wife cheated on him. Anyone know why?

I know that the saying is well known, but no one seems to know where it originated from. Anyone have any ideas?

In russian, when a man is said to have horns, it means his wife cheated on him. Anyone know why?
This may be related to a old tradition in Eastern Europe. The community would gather to make fun of a man whose wife gives birth to a child that didn't look like him. They'd force him to wear antlers on his head as a symbol of his wife’s infidelity.





The horns may be related to either a castrated rooster or a type of bird where the male stays in the nest to warm the eggs and the female leaves the nest.
Reply:The article which I've found refers us to the Biblical King Nimrod who was called Khuk-khold ('King of the world' in Hebrew) and wore bull horns as symbol of his power.


His wife Semiramis was famous for her adultery and dissipation so only unlucky guys having cheating spouses were called 'khuk-kholds' too (compare to the English 'cuckold').


Russians seem to have taken those horns as the basis for the word 'рогоносец' (horn-holder) meaning - cuckold.
Reply:cause hes pissed as hell.



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