A hierophant () is a person who brings religious congregants into the presence of that which is deemed holy.  The word comes from ancient Greece, where it was constructed from the combination of ta hiera , "the holy", and phainein , "to show". A hierophant is an interpreter of sacred mysteries and arcane principles. In Attica  Hierophant was the title of the chief priest at the Eleusinian Mysteries. It was an office inherited within the Phileidae or Eumolpidae families. The office of Hierophant, High Priestess and Dadouchousa Priestess were all inherited within the Phileidae or Eumolpidae families, and the Hierophant and the High Priestess were of equal rank.Pomeroy, Sarah B, Goddesses, whores, wives, and slaves: women in classical antiquity, Schocken Books, New York, 1995 It was the task of the High Priestess to impersonate the roles of the goddesses Demeter and Persephone in the enactment during the Mysteries.
A hierophant () is a person who brings religious congregants into the presence of that which is deemed holy. As such, a hierophant is an interpreter of sacred mysteries and arcane principles. The word comes from ancient Greece, where it was constructed from the combination of ta hiera ('the holy') and phainein ('to show'). In Attica , Hierophant was the title of the chief priest at the Eleusinian Mysteries. It was an office inherited within the Philaidae or Eumolpidae families. The office of Hierophant, High Priestess and Dadouchousa Priestess were all inherited within the Philaidae or Eumolpidae families, and the Hierophant and the High Priestess were of equal rank.Pomeroy, Sarah B, Goddesses, whores, wives, and slaves: women in classical antiquity, Schocken Books, New York, 1995 It was the task of the High Priestess to impersonate the roles of the goddesses Demeter and Persephone in the enactment during the Mysteries.
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, "the holy", and phainein , "to show". A hierophant is an interpreter of sacred mysteries and arcane principles.
('the holy') and phainein ('to show').
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