- Tytuł:
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O pojmowaniu „rozwiązłości” w czasach przedchrześcijańskich: zjawisko prostytucji sakralnej
On the Understanding of “Promiscuity” in the Pre-Christian Times: The Phenomenon of Sacred Prostitution - Autorzy:
- Krysztofiak, Maria
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1202319.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2019
- Wydawca:
- Uniwersytet Opolski
- Tematy:
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sacred prostitution
religious prostitution
ritual prostitution
sacred prostitutes
holy harlots - Opis:
- The article presents the phenomenon of sacred prostitution which was characteristic of many ancient cultures and religions throughout the world. It shows a few of the most important issues connected with the sacred prostitution (also called religious or ritual): its origins (the cult of deities of love and fertility, typical of the pre-Christian cultures); its forms (one-time prostitution as an act of sacrificing one’s virginity or one-time sacrifice of a woman who was no longer a virgin, and constant prostitution practiced by priestesses or temple prostitutes); its main purposes (unification with deity, making a tribute to deity, pledge of the fertility of men, earth and animals by re-enactment of archetypical act of hieros gamos, the divine marriage). The article also analyses the religious anatomy of the phenomenon, basing on the thesis of Mircea Eliade; shows examples of sacred prostitution, taken mainly from The Golden Bough, the canonic work of Sir James George Frazer, and F.S. Pierre Dufour’s History of Prostitution; discusses the taboo of women’s blood on the basis of Jean-Paul Roux’s works; mentions the historical change in the meaning of the word “virgin” applying to Edward Whitmont’s statements; brings up controversies over the judgment of sacred prostitution as a historical phenomenon, referring to Edward Whitmont’s and Georg Baudler’s standpoints.
- Źródło:
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Studia et Documenta Slavica; 2019, 10, 4; 57-69
2658-1620 - Pojawia się w:
- Studia et Documenta Slavica
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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