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(Redirected from Hierodoule)
In ancient Greece and Anatolia a 'hierodule', from the Greek '' ( "temple" + δούλη "female slave"), was a temple slave in the service of a specific deity, often with the connotation of religious prostitution. The priestesses of Inanna/Ishtar were known to be hierodules, or nadītu in the native Sumerian language.
Among some neopagans, a 'hierodule' may be a priestess who has sexual intercourse in the role of whichever Goddess she serves in the divine union of hieros gamos.
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In ancient Greece and Anatolia a 'hierodule', from the Greek '' ( "temple" + δούλη "female slave"), was a temple slave in the service of a specific deity, often with the connotation of religious prostitution. The priestesses of Inanna/Ishtar were known to be hierodules, or nadītu in the native Sumerian language.
Among some neopagans, a 'hierodule' may be a priestess who has sexual intercourse in the role of whichever Goddess she serves in the divine union of hieros gamos.
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