Hierodule

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In ancient Greece and Anatolia a hierodule, from the Greek ἱερόδουλη (ἱερόν "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 and Ishtar were known to be hierodules.

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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