ἱερὸς γάμος

Spanish

boda sagrada, matrimonio santo, hierogamia

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Hieros gamos, hieros (ἱερός) meaning "holy" or "sacred" and gamos (γάμος) meaning "marriage," or hierogamy (Greek ἱερὸς γάμος, ἱερογαμία "holy marriage"), is a sacred marriage that plays out between gods, especially when enacted in a symbolic ritual where human participants represent the deities.

The notion of hieros gamos does not always presuppose literal sexual intercourse in ritual, but is also used in purely symbolic or mythological context, notably in alchemy and hence in Jungian psychology. Hieros gamos is described as the prototype of fertility rituals.

Translations

ar: الزواج المقدس; ca: hierogàmia; de: Hierogamie; en: hieros gamos, hierogamy; el: ιερογαμία, ιερός γάμος; grc: ἱερὸς γάμος, ἱερογαμία; eo: sankta nupto; es: matrimonio santo, hierogamia, boda sagrada; fr: hiérogamie; he: הירוגמיה; it: ierogamia; ja: ヒエロス・ガモス; ko: 히에로스 가모스; no: hellig bryllup; pl: hierogamia; ru: иерогамия; sh: hijerogamija; sq: hierogamia; sr: свети брак; uk: ієрогамія; zh: 圣婚