Wedding Ring.

At the time, the Romans believed that a vein ran directly from the fourth finger on the left hand to the heart. This vein was called Vena Amoris, which translates to 'vein of love' because of the belief that the heart is the center of our emotions.

Vena amoris is a Latin name meaning, literally, "vein of love". Traditional belief established that this vein ran directly from the fourth finger of the left hand to the heart. This theory has been cited in Western cultures as one of the reasons the engagement ring and/or wedding ring was placed on the fourth finger, or "ring finger"

The earliest use of jewelry to signify a bonding was often chains and bracelets. This evolved to the use of the symbolic ring. In ancient Egypt, the Sun and the Moon gods were feared and worshipped. A ring was a symbol of these spirits both of whom were also related to the home and hearth The endless circle showed the eternal nature of the bond, while the open centre was meant to be a doorway to things unknown.

This tradition was later assimilated by the Greeks], after Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BC. Up to this time betrothal rings were generally made out of hemp, leather, bone, or ivory. In early Rome the use of metal rings gradually began to take over from these materials, and the metal of choice back then was iron. Gold and silver rings were given on rare occasions, to prove that a man trusted his wife with his valuable property.

during the 17th century in England it was not unusual to wear the wedding ring on the thumb.

Gauls and Britons wore their rings on the middle finger, and the choice of right or left hand appears relatively dependent on culture; though cultures that use either the right or left ring finger both claim a historical connection to the vena amoris. The use of wedding and betrothal rings was not commonplace in the Roman Empire until the 2nd century; which also contradicts versions of the story which claim that this tradition was brought to Rome in the 3rd century BC.

The strong possibility exists, based on the lack of concrete sources, that this story is a combination of ancient beliefs in the mystical properties of the ring finger, smatterings of legend, and shrewd marketing by the jewellery industry, which has in the past demonstrated a willingness to exploit myths and legends to increase ring sales.

Actually,this is a myth that has no scientific basis. There is no vein in the hand or in any finger that has direct relation with heart. All the veins that drain blood from fingers are assembled together in the dorsum of hand to make a single vein called as "pre-axial vein".

This vein runs in the forearm then in the arm and in axilla it becomes axillary vein which is drained into internal jugular vein which drains its blood into right atrium.

So it means that no vein in any of the fingers of hands has its direct connection with the heart.

Myth about ring finger was wrong and has no scientific proof. In this era of scientific knowledge there are people who still believe that ring finger has some direct connection with the heart and wear their wedding rings in that finger and believe that by doing so the mutual love between male and female who are engaged in wedding relationship will increase. It has become a custom to put ring in the fingers of the two guys who are being engaged,by each other.

It is also a sign of love for each other as long as they are wearing each others'rings.