Priestesses

Ancient priests and priestesses * Sumerian and Akkadian Entu or EN were top-ranking priestesses who were distinguished with special ceremonial attire and held equal status to high priests.

Knowing that Yoda would need to preserve his consciousness after death, the spirit of Qui-Gon Jinn guided his old friend to a group of Force Priestesses who challenged him to see if he was worthy.

Hellanicus attempted to base his dating on lists of priestesses, magistrates, and oriental dates, an approach much more scientific than what was commonly used at the time when people relied on the traditional, generation-based approach.

They are at best priestesses.

This cult traditionally included a set of twin priestesses whose job was to communicate with Mothra.

Naito began traveling extensively across Tohoku, photographing the parched bodies of dead ascetics, but also those of the living, particularly the region’s female shamans and blind priestesses.

So, as the stool-father, together with some priests and priestesses as well as some elders of the stool, we went to the family house to de-stool him on Wednesday afternoon”.

Zaknafein was no veteran of battling wizards, but he had certainly killed more than a few priestesses in his years, and so he figured the tactics were much the same: get in close.

Africa The Yoruba people of western Nigeria practice an indigenous religion with a chiefly hierarchy of priests and priestesses that dates to AD 800–1000.

Ancient Greek priestesses would tattoo the symbol, along with the tetraskelion, on their bodies.

Bury, pg. 528 In honor of her memory, he asked the Senate to deify her as a goddess, and authorised the construction of a temple to be built in the Roman Forum in her name, with priestesses serving in her temple.

During this period the Priestesses of Athena, or “Plyntrides”, performed a cleansing ritual within “the Erecththeum”, the personal sanctuary of the goddess.

However, only those who have been initiated as Saltigues (the Serer high priests and priestesses) can divine the future.

In 204 BC, a new "greek-style" cult to Ceres and Proserpina as "Mother and Maiden" was imported from southern Italy, along with Greek priestesses to serve it, and was installed in Ceres' Temple on Rome's Aventine Hill.

Later myths stated that Phoebe or Themis had "given" the site to Apollo, rationalizing its seizure by priests of the new god, but presumably, having to retain the priestesses of the original oracle because of the long tradition.

Odyssey 14.326-7 By the time Herodotus wrote about Dodona, female priestesses called peleiades ("doves") had replaced the male priests.

Saiin priestesses usually were elected from royalty.

She was served by both priests and priestesses throughout the history of her cult.

The ancient miko were shamanesses, but are now considered priestesses in the service of the Shinto Shrines.

The Saiin order of priestesses existed throughout the Heian and Kamakura periods.