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The High Priestess of Athena Polias held the highest religious office in Ancient Athens. The priesthood was a hereditary position open only to married women, with a lifetime appointment. [1] The officeholder enjoyed great prestige, and played a role in affairs of state which was otherwise closed to women in Ancient Athens; there are several ...
The High Priestess (II) is the second Major Arcana card in cartomantic Tarot decks. It is based on the 2nd trump of Tarot card packs. In the first Tarot pack with inscriptions, the 18th-century woodcut Tarot de Marseilles, this figure is crowned with the Papal tiara and labelled La Papesse, the Popess, a possible reference to the legend of Pope ...
Enheduanna (Sumerian: 𒂗𒃶𒌌𒀭𒈾 [1] Enḫéduanna, also transliterated as Enheduana, En-he2-du7-an-na, or variants) was the entu (high) priestess of the moon god Nanna (Sīn) in the Sumerian city-state of Ur in the reign of her father, Sargon of Akkad (r. c. 2334 – c. 2279 BCE). She was likely appointed by her father as the leader ...
Pythia (/ ˈ p ɪ θ i ə /; [1] Ancient Greek: Πυθία [pyːˈtʰíaː]) was the title of the high priestess of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. She specifically served as its oracle and was known as the Oracle of Delphi. Her title was also historically glossed in English as the Pythoness. [2]
High Priestess. (TV series) Shanmugharaja. Richard Kevin. High Priestess is an Indian Telugu -language thriller web series by Pushpa Ignatius that premiered on ZEE5 on 25 April 2019. [1] It is directed by Ignatius and stars Amala Akkineni and Kishore Kumar.
September 24, 2023. (2023-09-24) –. present. (present) Krapopolis is an American animated sitcom created by Dan Harmon for the Fox Broadcasting Company. Before its first-season premiere, the series was renewed for a second season in October 2022 [2] and for a third season in March 2023. [3]
In ancient Egypt, a high priest was the chief priest of any of the many gods revered by the Egyptians. While not regarded as a dynasty, the High Priest of Amun at Thebes, Egypt were nevertheless of such power and influence that they were effectively the rulers of Upper Egypt from 1080 to c. 943 BCE[1] High Priest of Osiris.
Ennigaldi-Nanna (Babylonian cuneiform: En-nígaldi-Nanna), [1] also known as Bel-Shalti-Nanna [a] and commonly called just Ennigaldi, [3] [4] was a princess of the Neo-Babylonian Empire and high priestess (entu) of Ur. As the first entu in six centuries, serving as the "human wife" of the moon-god Sin, Ennigaldi held large religious and ...