When a wife changes her husband, they say that she "instructed him a horns" - but why exactly the horns and where did such an interesting expression come from? If you believe philologists, then phraseologism has different versions of its origin.
Greece
When the mythical young action hunted with his dogs, he accidentally saw a naked arud, which at that time splashed with his nymphs in the river. Noticing a curious glance of the young man, the goddess accepted and joined him in a deer, who was immediately confused by his own ps.Byzantium
The Byzantine ruler Andronik, the first komney had not the most common opinion at the expense of the loyalty of the spouses. Men whose wives really liked him, he admitted to hunt into his protected forests. But this is not all - the housing of the man, whose wife was a favorite of the ruler himself, was highlighted by a special acquaintance - branched deer horns were proud to go to the gate of the house with pride.
Rome
Men in the Roman Empire strictly pressed to take with him in the campaigns of the ladies. And those who have disliked this rule, hung on the neck of a deer horns, which was an indicator of a martiality of the military.Germany
In ancient Germany there was one custom - when a woman was equipped with her spouse in a hike, he put on him a horned helmet, which was part of military uniforms. And a while, as a husband left, the people remaining in the settlement began to show abundant interest.