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

- romanized: hieros, lit. 'holy, sacred' and γάμος gamos 'marriage') or hierogamy (Ancient Gr****: ἱερὸς γάμος, ἱερογαμία 'holy marriage') is a sacred marriage...
- Hyndluljóð [The sacred wedding and Norse royal ideology. An analysis of the hierogamy myth in Skírnismál, Ynglingatal, Háleygjatal and Hyndluljóð] (in Norwegian)...
- Attic red-figure oinochoe depicting a young boy pulling another boy's chariot, perhaps a parody of the Anthesteria's hierogamy (430–390 BC)...
- 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...
- or deacon who has been tonsured monk in Eastern Orthodox Christianity Hierogamy, a sacred marriage that takes place between gods, especially when enacted...
- pla**** a central role in the Quraish and al-Khuza'a's ritual practice of hierogamy or 'sacred marriage' culminating in a communal wedding feast 'walima'...
- Canaanite variant, ʿAṯtartu Šadî/Ištar Ṣēri was nevertheless present in hierogamy royal entry rituals whereby a statue or a woman representing the goddess...
- Petroglyph depicting a hierogamy found in the Cueva de los Casares...
- alive, and a new vigorous impersonator pla**** her part, mimicking the hierogamy of heaven and earth, and the delivery of maize." Clendinnen described...
- "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...