Medieval Marriage: Symbolism and Society

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Like food, love and marriage are the basis of strong religious symbolism. In the study of comparative religion there is a keyword for it: ‘sacred marriage’ or hieros gamos. An important variety is parallelism between the marriage of two gods and the marriage of ordinary men and women. It can be found in ancient Mesopotamia, and it has been studied quite recently as living religion in a south Indian temple. In the second case we know a lot about it. The marriage ritual between the two gods is represented by statues in the temple. If the gods do not consummate the marriage regularly, the female becomes a dangerous force and a general threat.This temple ritual belongs to one of the main types of marriage symbolismin the world history of religions: the union of amale and a female god, mirroring the union of man and woman in marriage.

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