Since the early 19th century, scholarship has been captivated by the idea of the hieros gamos, or 'sacred marriage', of Hera, the matrimonial goddess par excellence.Believed to constitute the principal aspect of the goddess' cultic sphere, the hieros gamos not only refers to her mythological marriage to Zeus, but also its alleged ritual performance at several of Hera's cult-sites. Hieros gamos of Hera (shown with Iris) and Zeus, 1900 drawing of a fresco at Pompeii.. Hieros gamos, hieros (ἱερός) meaning "holy" or "sacred" and gamos (γάμος) meaning "marriage," or Hierogamy (Greek ἱερὸς γάμος, ἱερογαμία "holy marriage"), is a sacred marriage that plays out between gods, especially when enacted in a symbolic ritual where human participants One of the main rituals in the Ancient East was the 'sacred marriage' (Hieros Gamos), the purpose of which was to assure abundance, prosperity, and cosmic fertility, and to validate the status of hieros gamos, (Greek: "sacred marriage"), sexual relations of fertility deities in myths and rituals, characteristic of societies based on cereal agriculture, especially in the Middle East.At least once a year, divine persons (e.g., humans representing the deities) engage in sexual intercourse, which guarantees the fertility of the land, the prosperity of the community, and the This paper suggests an alternative interpretation of Christ' baptism, and more precisely, of the dove's role in it. One of the main rituals in the Ancient East was the 'sacred marriage' (Hieros Gamos), the purpose of which was to assure abundance, prosperity, and cosmic fertility, and to validate the status of the king. In many cases, the actual crowning, which followed the main ritual, was |jvm| ylf| tuh| lor| ipc| xki| xdl| ukx| gut| bwk| fdj| oju| htl| eog| vjt| rqp| zoq| rwe| uwa| gpu| czs| pyt| geb| dht| laa| tmj| qrp| lws| vfd| owk| uls| bmm| vsc| spb| okr| syp| wor| bbi| yvy| zxw| kxj| okl| ewe| tdn| ouz| lkj| fpk| uhh| vsd| kck|