Sacred Marriage
8 books featuring this theme
Sacred marriage is ritually framed union that legitimizes fertility and sovereignty. It aligns human institutions with cosmic generativity.
Kojiki
O no Yasumaro
712 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Kumarasambhava
Kalidasa
400-500 CE
Indian, Hindu
The Book of Gates
Anonymous
1290-1180 BCE
Egyptian
Hymns to Inanna
Various
2300-1800 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Book of the Night
Anonymous
1200-1100 BCE
Egyptian
Orphic Hymns
Orphic tradition
100-300 CE
Greek
Catalogue of Women
Hesiod
300 BCE-200 CE
Greek
Dionysiaca
Nonnus of Panopolis
400-500 CE
Greek