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The Secret of Gobekli Tepe: Cosmic Equinox and Sacred Marriage - Part II
... symbolizes male and female togetherness, or a god-goddess marriage in spring. Archaeologist Klaus Schmidt believes this ... signs Well, do we know this type of sacred god-goddess marriage in ancient history? In which culture or civilization ... The first thing coming to mind is of course the sacred marriage of Inanna and Dumuzi in Sumerian civilization. ...
Ozgur - 04/04/2015 - 14:53
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Njord: The Tumultuous Marriage of a Norse God of the Sea and a Goddess Giantess
... deity is best remembered for is the strange nature of his marriage to a giantess. Njord was the god Norse sailors and ... deity is best remembered for is the strange nature of his marriage to a giantess. In Norse mythology, Njord (which is ... myths, arguably the most famous of which being that of his marriage to the goddess and jötunn Skadi. Njörðr and ...
dhwty - 19/02/2018 - 23:02
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The Life and Times of the Notorious Medieval Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
... of France, and then Queen of England. During her second marriage, she produced eight children, seven of whom survived ... Aquitaine, and Aénor, Viscountess of Châtellerault. The marriage of William and Aénor is an interesting story in ... close to death. Nevertheless, he managed to arrange the marriage of Eleanor to his son and heir, the future Louis VII ...
dhwty - 20/06/2020 - 18:45
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The Marriage Lust and Hyper-Violence of Amazonian Lethal Raiding Parties
... examining raiding parties and their relationship to marriage alliances in the Waorani, an Amazonian tribal ... examining raiding parties and their relationship to marriage alliances in the Waorani, an Amazonian tribal ... raids with people who could provide access to ideal marriage partners for themselves as well as their ...
ashley cowie - 07/12/2018 - 17:57
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Cousins Married to Protect Their Farmland in Bronze Age Greece
... archaeogeneticists studying ancient social customs. Cousin marriage is defined as the legal union of two people who share common grandparents. While this marriage practice was common in earlier times, it is still ... “for the first time” to gain insights into kinship and marriage rules in Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece. ...
ashley cowie - 17/01/2023 - 00:57
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7 of the Most Scandalous Divorces in Ancient History
... returned, he married a woman called Pompeia in a political marriage (she was very well-connected). Soon afterward, ... had previously been married to his brother, making his own marriage null and void. Unfortunately for him, Catherine ... sects vied for control of England. Putting a Price on Marriage: The Long-standing Custom of Dowries Why Did ...
Robbie Mitchell - 02/05/2023 - 22:36
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5,000-year-old musical scene found on pottery in Israel may reflect sacred marriage ritual
... vessel depicting scenes from what seems to be a ‘sacred marriage’ ritual. The images are on a 5,000 year old seal ... the musical interlude in a ritual known as ‘the sacred marriage’, popularly believed to include feasting, music and sex. The ‘sacred marriage’ was a ritual that took place between a ...
Robin Whitlock - 26/06/2018 - 02:45
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Lucrezia Borgia: The Misunderstood Femme Fatale of the Renaissance
... Much of Lucrezia Borgia’s life was centered on marriage. Her father did not shy away from repeatedly ... ruthless period, unjust for many women. Lucrezia’s first marriage happened even before she was entering her teenage ... were the ruling noble house of Renaissance Italy, and the marriage was a clear advantage for the newly elected Pope. At ...
Aleksa Vučković - 27/12/2021 - 14:00
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How to Win Love and Ruin A Marriage in 5 Easy Steps: ‘Ars Amatoria’ by Ancient Love Guru, Ovid
... Attic cup, ca. 480 BC. ( Public Domain ) How to Ruin a Marriage by One Who Knows Ovid elaborates on his dating ... How to Win Love and Ruin A Marriage in 5 Easy Steps: ‘Ars Amatoria’ by Ancient Love ...
Riley Winters - 10/04/2018 - 18:53
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Unravelling the Roots of Hera, the Wrathful Goddess of Marriage
... her continued, post-classical, presence. Hera, goddess of marriage, had a volatile relationship with Zeus, king of the ... Hera was eventually venerated as the patron goddess of marriage, her own relationship with Zeus was volatile due to ... Unravelling the Roots of Hera, the Wrathful Goddess of Marriage ...
Adam Stokes - 10/04/2021 - 14:57
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Alexander the Great: Was he a Unifier or a Subjugator?
... the Anabasis of Alexander , Arrian recounts Alexander’s marriage to Barsine the eldest daughter of the Persian king Darius, while a second marriage to Parysatis, daughter of the murdered Persian King ... in the Persian Empire. A mural in Pompeii depicting the marriage of Alexander the Great to Barsine (Stateira) in 324 ...
Ashlee McCabe - 19/11/2014 - 00:44
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Maria Theresa of Spain: Betrayal, Incest, and Black Baby Rumors
... for being the Queen of France as a result of her marriage to the French king, Louis XIV. Maria Theresa of ... for being the Queen of France as a result of her marriage to the French king, Louis XIV. She is known as a ... Bourbons) was proposed. Maria Theresa and Louis XIV – A Marriage to Unite Countries The negotiations between Spain ...
dhwty - 05/12/2018 - 01:51
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Caterina Sforza: A Renaissance Warrior Woman That Knew How to Get What She Wanted
... as ready to leave her father’s home and confirmed her marriage to Riario. Caterina’s First Marriage and her Rise to Power Girolamo Riario was 29 years ... Female Warrior of the 12th Century Bloody Mary: The Marriage, Reign, and Death of a Queen of England The Powerful ...
Alicia McDermott - 24/11/2015 - 03:51
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Women Have Proposed Marriage to Men on Leap Day for Hundreds of Years
... around but once every four years! In the age of viral marriage proposals, the persistence of outdated traditions ... around but once every four years! In the age of viral marriage proposals, the persistence of outdated traditions ... adverts made the most of gender stereotypes related to marriage and Leap Day traditions to promote their ...
Cecilia Bogaard - 29/02/2024 - 13:49
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The 4,000-Year-Old Sumerian Love Poem and the Sacred Ritual of Marriage
... used as a script for a ceremonial recreation of the sacred marriage. It would have been sung at the New Year festival, ... to make the soil and women fertile. The ritual of sacred marriage involved the re-enactment of the union of two ... J. Stuckey (2005) describes the ritual of the sacred marriage: From extant hymns, we can piece together what ...
aprilholloway - 09/08/2014 - 13:37
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Medieval Sex Rules - How Not to Have a Good Time
... who were allowed to have sex were those who had exchanged marriage vows . Sex before these vows, especially in early ... as a major sin. In fact, anyone found having sex before marriage could be executed by disembowelment ! While this may ... they had gotten married. The only way out of an unhappy marriage was sexual impotence . Since marriage was meant to ...
Robbie Mitchell - 27/10/2022 - 01:58
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Richard II: The Tragic Life, Love and Death of the King of England
... him in their constant quest for power. Even his marriage to Anne of Bohemia was a political one. Although genuinely devoted to each other, the marriage forged a connection between Britain and the Holy ... of Bohemia. ( Public domain ) Getting Down to the Task of Marriage The next “task” of national importance that ...
dhwty - 14/04/2021 - 00:03
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Disastrous Historical Hitches: 8 Worst Royal Wedding Nights in History
... the Great and Peter III married on August 21, 1745. Their marriage wasn’t a happy one and got off to a rocky start ... his toy soldiers (sadly not a euphemism). Theirs was a marriage orchestrated more for political strategy than love, ... in the bedroom. Catherine's dissatisfaction with the marriage extended beyond a lackluster wedding night. As the ...
Robbie Mitchell - 17/01/2024 - 13:40
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The Serpent Priestesses and Ancient Sexual Rites
... in the lands they chose to settle. They did not enter into marriage for life, but rather would have children with ... for their children. It was perhaps this attitude towards marriage that resulted in the meaning of ‘Hor’ becoming ... engaging in the ritual re-enactment of the sacred marriage between Dumuzi and Innana with a young man of her ...
Katrina Sisowath - 23/12/2014 - 22:07
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Trial by Public Performance: The Impotence Trials of Pre-Revolutionary France
... act against religion and cause for a re-evaluation of the marriage. Divorce itself was not a concept taken lightly, so ... if there was suspicion of an inability to consummate the marriage, or an apparent disinterest in even attempting to ... elaborate evidence that the couple could consummate their marriage and called for 'Trial by Congress,' which forced a ...
Riley Winters - 10/01/2018 - 18:48