Definition of Hierogamy. Meaning of Hierogamy. Synonyms of Hierogamy

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Definition of Hierogamy

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Meaning of Hierogamy from wikipedia

- (ἱερός) meaning "holy" or "sacred" and gamos (γάμος) meaning "marriage," or Hierogamy (Gr**** ἱερὸς γάμος, ἱερογαμία "holy marriage"), is a sacred marriage that...
- Attic red-figure oinochoe depicting a young boy pulling another boy's chariot, perhaps a parody of the Anthesteria's hierogamy (430–390 BC)...
- Hyndluljóð [The sacred wedding and Norse royal ideology. An analysis of the hierogamy myth in Skírnismál, Ynglingatal, Háleygjatal and Hyndluljóð] (in Norwegian)...
- kingship. A good example is the pervasive and persistent concept of the hierogamy (sacred marriage) of the king with the goddess of sovereignty: the ****ual...
- and which therefore linked the hierogamy with the royal investiture. By standing for the Hero Zis in the divine hierogamy, the king also took over the role...
- Petroglyph depicting a hierogamy found in the Cueva de los Casares...
- who has been ordained a deacon (or deacon who has been tonsured monk) Hierogamy, a sacred marriage that plays out between a god and a goddess, especially...
- Canaanite variant, ʿAṯtart Šadî/Ištar Ṣēri was nevertheless present in hierogamy royal entry rituals whereby a statue or a woman representing the goddess...
- "the sacred union (hierogamy) between the Sky-God and the Earth-Mother" (Eliade 1961, after ****mings n.d.). (...) Echoes of the hierogamy can be found in...
- was celebrated annually, was ****ociated with the Pharaoh (even in the hierogamy scenes on the walls). Taweret, Raet-Tawy and the Seven Hathors who presided...