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- Hieros Gamos (Greek ιερός γάμος, "sacred wedding"), or Hierogamy, refers to the coupling of a god and goddess or their earthly ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 23:49, 12 February 2022
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- Hieros Gamos (Greek ιερός γάμος, "sacred wedding"), or Hierogamy, refers to the coupling of a god and goddess or their earthly ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 23:49, 12 February 2022
- to the land as they reenacted the hieros gamos—the sacred marriage of heaven and earth. The function of sacred male prostitutes is less certain ...14 KB (2,179 words) - 04:03, 18 August 2023
- Enki was a major deity in Sumerian mythology, later known as Ea in Babylonian mythology. He was originally the chief god of the city of Eridu ...18 KB (3,043 words) - 08:34, 5 February 2022
- Thucydides) there are many traces of hieros gamos (holy wedding), starting perhaps with Babylon. A similar type of prostitution was practiced ...45 KB (6,813 words) - 01:19, 12 April 2023
