| 单词 | priestess |
| 例句 | Apollo on his side, facing this undaunted person, felt an admiration for his boldness and made his priestess deliver the response. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z You presume too much, priestess, the queen thought, but she swallowed her anger and made herself smile. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I don't have to know. The gods speak through the mouth of the priestess.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z In Egypt, April got ready to be the high priestess again because she had practiced just what she was going to say. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever the priestess at Delphi said would happen infallibly came to pass. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A red priestess scurried past, attended by a dozen acolytes with torches, their robes whisking about their ankles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In Rome her fire was cared for by six virgin priestesses, called Vestals. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Archaic; from the ecstatic priestesses of Thakra, worshippers of the seraphim, whose ritual dance expressed the dualism of beauty and terror. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He must go to the Taurian country, the Delphic priestess said, and bring away the sacred image of Artemis from her temple. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Four of them were shaman priests, the last a priestess. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The people need more rain, and it is time to begin my journey as a powerful priestess so I may help them. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The priestess spoke in a voice like a clear moving stream, “Inti moves across the sky. We must prepare for the night’s ceremonies.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “After all,” Toby said, “Thoth was the Egyptian god of wisdom, and this crazy priestess bit was something the Greeks thought up.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z There had been one possibility that had allowed me some hope: that I might become a shaman priestess. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z It was a statement instead of a question; and with a last lingering dismay she realized that she was already using her high priestess voice. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Artemis took care that Iphigenia should be safe; she made her priestess of her temple. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The priestess and die seneschal were happy to see her garbed in a tokar, a proper Meereenese lady for once, but what they really wanted was to strip her bare. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His eyes were big as walnuts, though whether it was the fire, the priestess, or the woman that had put the fear in him Jon could not say. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But at last Melanie, whose turn it was to be high priestess, got things going. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z But they are no longer priestesses; they are now ornamental devices doubling as supporting columns. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Biri, a famous rain priestess, and her two brothers had founded the eland clan. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew the people of Weep better than anyone, including their leaders, including their priestesses. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A crowd of crows had gathered around the gate by the time Melisandre and her escort arrived, but they made way for the red priestess. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The red priestess brushed the black wool aside and slipped her arm through his. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The rains would not come, and the powerful shaman priests and priestesses seemed to know this even as they prepared themselves that evening. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The day has come, the red priestess thought. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z April had her mind set on the kind of oracle that got its messages from the gods through a high priestess with fits. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The red priestess armed herself with a pinch of each of them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The priestess in her tom robes, impaled upon a stake and attended by a cloud of glistening green flies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He beckoned to Kezmya and had her fetch the priestess a goblet of lemon juice, sweetened with honey. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The priestess did not speak, but she slowed her pace deliberately, and where she walked the ice began to drip. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The rest of us are priests and attendants of the Oracle. And I’m the high priestess who is the only one who can go into the altar room where the oracle gives out the answers.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Though to be sure, she saw herself more as a kind of priestess. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z To drink it, the priestess had to remove her veil, and Selmy was reminded of just how old she was. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There had been temples and priestesses and fire rites and sacrifice, but that was a long time ago. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z At the temple the priest—or priestess, he added graciously—would pass the paper over the sacred fire, and do whatever other stuff he could think up. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The Pythoness, Apollo’s priestess and prophetess, had found him one morning, a little baby, lying on the temple stairway, and had brought him up as tenderly as a mother. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z What do you know of my heart, priestess? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And then they were priestesses of Isis coming to the' rescue. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z You see, I have this theory about how I was a high priestess once, in an earlier reincarnation. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The answers to the questions asked by the anxious seekers for Truth were delivered by a priestess who went into a trance before she spoke. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Poor dear. But then she probably has priestesses to groom her.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Or else we could be evil high priestesses who are going to offer him as a human sacrifice on the crocodile altar to—what was that evil god’s name?” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z A choir of priestesses stepped off the platform. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Is it because you are a mambo—a Vodou priestess who held ceremonies in the courtyard of a Christian NGO building? American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The priestess told him no, and added what was far worse: that his daughter would have a son who would kill him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The red priestess had warned him of their coming almost a day before the raven arrived from Eastwatch with the same message. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Lana started to make sounds, like the imprecations of a priestess, over the bills that the boy had given her. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The red priestess slid closer to the king. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Okay. And we can be high priestesses of Isis who; are assigned to protect him.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He went to Delphi, but all the priestess would say was to bid him seek the land where men eat not Demeter’s golden grain, but only acorns. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your Grace was with the priestess when he arrived. I knew you would not want to be disturbed. The captain’s news can wait until the morrow.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The priestess was a voice for peace, acceptance, and obedience to lawful authority. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She said, “It is a mixture of aca and koka and other sacred plants. Drinking it will begin your journey as a shaman priestess.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Movements were made without flourish, and the ten shaman priests and priestesses focused more on one another and the quiet world of the inside than on the outside appearance of the ceremony. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z At Delphi where he went to consult the oracle, the priestess looked at the matter just as he did. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Melanie and I thought up this ceremony. We get to be the high priestesses of the dead.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon or late he would need to face the red priestess, but he would sooner it was not in the queen’s presence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Lady Melisandre is a priestess of the red god. Queen Selyse has adopted her faith, along with many others, but more of His Grace’s followers still worship the Seven. Myself among them.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And, naturally, she was all set to be the high priestess. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The red priestess closed her eyes and said a prayer, then opened them once more to face the hearthfire. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “So long as he wears the gem he is bound to me, blood and soul,” the red priestess said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Even Melisandre’s fire was shivering; the flames huddled down in the ditch, crackling softly as the red priestess sang. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It is plain from the rest of the story that the priestess knew what Eurystheus was like and that he would beyond question purge Hercules thoroughly. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The acolytes were clad in robes of pale yellow and bright orange, priests and priestesses in red. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Many a priest and priestess before her had been brought down by false visions, by seeing what they wished to see instead of what the Lord of Light had sent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It is most famous for being home to the Pythian oracle, a succession of priestesses whose pronouncements were treated with great respect. Fortune-told 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z But of course her real story lies back there, where she was less an object than a living being, a priestess, with a name and a personality. Art Review: ?Heroic Africans? at Metropolitan Museum of Art - Review 2011-09-22T22:00:39Z “Down the Garden Path’’ won the immediate praise of Constance Spry and Vita Sackville-West, those high priestesses of the mixed bunch and all-white border, and has never been out of print. | Beverley Nichols 2011-01-12T14:00:17Z These tracks, and the exactitude of her presence within them, crowned Robyn as a high priestess of unbridled emotion, an icon whose influence would only increase during eight ensuing years of relative reticence. “Honey,” Reviewed: Robyn Has Returned, and She Has What You Want 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z But her commanding first notes just after intermission show that that pale, girlish priestess was just a ruse. Review: A Surprise Tenor Jolts the Met Opera’s ‘Samson’ 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The high priestess of performance art arrives in the midst of cultural emergencies armed with monologues, paintings, books, music and memorials. For Karen Finley, Jackie O. is for outrage in 'The Jackie Look' 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z Suddenly, the ancient Mesopotamian priestess, who had been dead for more than 4,000 years, was a hot topic online as word spread that the first individually named author in human history was … a woman? In Search of Enheduanna, History’s First Named Author 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z While Melisandre apparently resurrected Jon Snow in Episode 2 — though another explanation could emerge later — the formerly smug priestess’s new vulnerability has been an undercurrent throughout this season. ‘Game of Thrones’: 8 Questions for the Finale 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Stories included here describe Winehouse as “a tortured soul” and “the nation’s high priestess of hedonism.” Looking Again at Amy Winehouse, 10 Years After Her Death 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z It combines all the old-fashioned hard-boiled tropes with a detailed description of 1950s New York, and adds murders, magic, a coven of Satanists and a voodoo priestess. Review | Fantasy noir combines the best of two genres. These are the books that do it well. 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z The local priestess welcomed us with customary shots of sodabi, a special type of Vodun moonshine produced in the homespun distilleries constructed in the back yards of Benin’s rural villages. In Benin, up close with a serpent deity, a Temple of Pythons and Vodun priests 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Berendt's book had no shortage of quirky, true-life characters — a voodoo priestess, a man who tied live flies to his lapels and a piano player with an encyclopedic command of 6,000 songs. Lady Chablis, transgender 'Midnight' star, dies in Savannah 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z The red priestess has a nose for royal blood — could this be the biggest clue yet that Jon Snow’s Stark pedigree isn’t exactly what he or we have been led to believe? 'Game of Thrones' Recap: Season 4 Finale 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Sometimes flailing like toddlers at bath time, other times evoking priestesses at worship, the all-female ensemble was shaky in the shallows. Moves After Dark program presents 4 female-led dance groups in unconventional spaces 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z On Friday night, Angela Meade brought her prodigious gifts to perhaps the most daunting role in the bel canto repertoire, the Druid priestess in Bellini's "Norma." New roles for Racette and Meade at DC Opera 2013-03-18T16:33:09Z In the medieval “Saint of the Foxes” the crow recognizes a distorted memory of his old friend, the priestess Fox Cap. A book-length historical fantasy about a crow? It’s not as birdbrained as that sounds. 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z Or Cushendun, the rocky beach where, later in that season, the priestess Melisandre gives birth in a cave to a supernatural assassin. Following ‘Game of Thrones’ to Belfast and Beyond 2013-07-05T17:34:29Z She also doesn't know how to undo any of those spells, since technically she was possessed by the spirit of a 16th-century Necromancer priestess when she cast them. "True Blood" 4x5: Vampire history lessons 2011-07-25T11:20:00Z The priestess then consulted with the spirits by using cowrie shells and kola nuts, rolling them like dice and interpreting their landing positions like modern-day oracle bones. In Benin, up close with a serpent deity, a Temple of Pythons and Vodun priests 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Smith was deemed the godmother of punk, and later the high priestess of punk-poetry, and then the grandmother of punk. Patti Smith, an accidental rock legend, has finally become the artist she always wanted to be 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Mostly black, faintly predatory and spliced here and there with mock crocodile panels, that collection seemed to affirm Ms. LaPointe’s stature as “a high priestess of goth opulence,” as Style.com later called her. FITTINGS: Countdown to Fashion Week: Thank the Deli for That Dress 2013-08-21T18:17:47Z Rome is a sort of high priestess, or minister, of women’s grandeur. “Magic Mike XXL” Grabs Our Convoluted Fantasies of Pleasure 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z The intellectual respectability Johnson brought to the mission enabled him and his high priestess to recruit many more wealthy, new age-seeking professionals, including doctors, psychiatrists, lawyers, nurses and social workers. Growing up with The Family: inside Anne Hamilton-Byrne’s sinister cult 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z "A high priestess," he pronounced, when asked his theme. If you're a top designer, you gotta have a theme 2012-09-14T19:50:11Z A performer playing the part of a Greek priestess used the sun’s rays and a mirror to light a torch during a dress rehearsal in Olympia, site of the Games in ancient times. Olympic flame to begin its journey to Rio 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Because her shows are ceremonial rites in which she channels the shades of show business past, Ms. Marcovicci might be described as the high priestess of the American songbook. Music Review: Keeping Torch Songs Ablaze 2010-11-21T22:34:00Z If Callas had a signature role, it was that of Bellini’s druid priestess. Tyne Daly as Maria Callas vs. Maria Callas as Herself 2011-07-26T17:01:13Z The first encounter between the celebrity hound and the high priestess of journalism reads like a face-off between a bewildered kitten and an angry tigress. Books of The Times: ‘The Spoiler,’ by Annalena McAfee 2012-05-28T21:46:50Z For me, Morpheus recommended a priestess in Massachusetts of the same specific witchcraft tradition in which she had trained – a smaller, particularly intense and ecstatic branch of the Craft known as Feri. Witches of America: how I became immersed in a growing movement 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z Almost, ever since, the priestess of comic social indictment has wanted to explore her humanity. Here’s the Lady. Where’s the Gaga? 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Soon, a very buzzed Bingaman — her hair a bright turquoise — decides to head to the hotel, dressed in a white choir robe that makes her look like some high priestess of alcohol. Stand-up comedian Doug Stanhope laughs in the face of self-destruction 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Ms. Longshore’s sparkly rings and Christian Louboutin shoes add some “lady” to her look, a brash hybrid of hip-hop star and high Gypsy priestess. Ashley Longshore Is Fashion’s Latest Art Darling 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z A level above them, a chorus of priests and priestesses intones a prayer while the princess Amneris, who unwittingly destroyed both her rival and the man she loved, utters a despondent plea for peace. Exit Arias: What Opera Can Teach Us About Dying 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Then we wait, munching fried brussels sprouts and sipping peach bitters, until priestesses clad in shorty kimonos and scary eye makeup arrive, wafting incense and ringing bells. ‘The Dreary Coast,’ on the Banks of the Gowanus Canal 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z As a sorceress — Circe is her aunt — and a priestess of Hecate, Medea alone possesses the philtres and spells that will allow Our Hero to fulfill his mission impossible. ‘Jason and the Argonauts’: Picture thepre-Trojan War equivalent of the Avengers A druid priestess who avidly practices human sacrifice sings music of sublime beauty. 'Norma' and 'La Clemenza di Tito' make for a Roman feast 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Funereal ambiance, spoiled meat and awkward chit-chat between a surly lord, his insane wife and his dark priestess adviser-shadow-monster-babymama? ArtsBeat: ‘Game of Thrones’ Recap: What a Wonderful Wedding 2014-04-14T02:00:12Z Mitsuko Uchida, 69, is one of those artists who approaches her instrument like a disciple or a high priestess, the heir to and interpreter of a long and hallowed tradition. Review | Channeling Schubert, beyond melody: Uchida returns to D.C. 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z In "Cloud Atlas," the range of characters Berry portrays goes from the most humble to a woman of the future, Meronym, whom Berry describes as "the priestess of the world." | Halle Berry 2012-10-18T20:21:12Z The druids await the blessing of their prophetic high priestess on the plan to battle the Romans. Music Review: Angela Meade Takes on ?Norma? at Caramoor 2010-07-12T22:10:00Z Only Opar’s high priestess La preserves a fully human beauty and Tarzan the Irresistible naturally catches her eye. Review | A look back at how Tarzan swung into immortality 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Later, when the priestesses decide to forsake Pollione and pledge sisterly comradeship, Ms. Meade and Ms. Alkema sang with infectious ease and joy. Music Review: Angela Meade Takes on ?Norma? at Caramoor 2010-07-12T22:10:00Z The dancer becomes both impersonal, a high priestess embodying larger qualities, and personal, delighting in sharing this with the audience. An Odissi Dancer Contains Sublime Multitudes 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Former maester and hand of the Queen, Qyburn, is also able to bring folks back from the dead, as are Red priests and priestesses. Game of Thrones betting guide: who will live, who will die, who will get it on? 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z This documentary about the high priestess of soul, directed by Liz Garbus, is one of the few examples of the Oscars being neither too white nor male. Netflix and Blizzard: What to Watch During the Storm 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z When she attracts the eye of a priestess there, and next appears with her hair cut and wearing a white shift, the thought rose in me: Is Freydís going to be sacrificed? Ritual love of “Vikings: Valhalla” 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z While everyone got their moment in a tense and pulsating episode during which I barely drew breath, no one was more important than red priestess Melisandre. Game of Thrones recap: season eight, episode three – The Long Night 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z The red priestess practices the same form of magic that resurrected Dondarrion and has shown a fascination with Jon Snow all season; could their fates be intertwined in some fashion? Is He Really Dead? And Where Does 'Game of Thrones' Stand for Season 6? 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z In this episode, a different priestess of the Lord of Light told Tyrion that she is endorsing Daenerys as this hero. Everything We Know About the White Walkers on 'Game of Thrones' 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z As this druid high priestess, caught in a forbidden love triangle with a Roman soldier and a fellow priestess, Yoncheva can be forceful in declamation — the singing that’s more like speechifying. Two Operas, Two Sopranos, Two Very Different Impacts 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z When a woman came up once and asked her that, van Houten replied with the words, “The night is dark and full of terrors” – a key line from her terrifying fire priestess Melisandre. 'It was madness': Game of Thrones stars on how it changed their lives 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z The title character, a high priestess of a druid clan living in Gaul under oppressive Roman occupation, is the unquestioned leader of her community. Compelling Singers Lift a Muddled ‘Norma’ at the Metropolitan Opera 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z The St. Louis Cathedral, just next door, is the church that the voodoo priestess Marie Laveau attended and where more than a dozen bishops, church leaders, and other citizens are buried underneath the floor. Who Stays Gone, and Who Can Afford to Return 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z But aside from a few notable outliers — Bottega Veneta’s reset, Rick Owens’ alien priestesses, Balenciaga’s unflinching storm — the momentum that characterized fashion last fall was missing. What Do Women Need Now? 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z The roomful of witches circled closer, tightening around her, and a fellow priestess lifted a heavy sword above our heads: she directed us to take a vow. Witches of America: how I became immersed in a growing movement 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z So it was surprising to learn that her roomy gray jacket, with cuffs that unfasten at the wrist, was designed by Ann Demeulemeester, a high priestess of Parisian vanguard chic. Patti Smith?s Eye for Fashion 2010-03-19T20:41:00Z It’s probably one of the most significant things that’s happened to Gendry in his life, a near-death experience at the hands of a red priestess. Joe Dempsie on ‘Game of Thrones,’ Gendry and Shirtless Scenes 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Now she is charm personified, now she is a cool priestess. An Odissi Dancer Contains Sublime Multitudes 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z In 1912, when Wiesenthal first came to the United States, solo, bringing her program to the Winter Theater, The New York Review, a weekly theater paper, called her “the high priestess of joy and ecstasy.” Dancing by Herself: When the Waltz Went Solo 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z She’s now the priestess, the prophet, the poster child, and what happens when you’re isolated is that you can get picked off. Critic’s Notebook: From Ferguson to the Sony hack, ‘Selma’ seizes its moment 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Becoming a priestess was, in her belief, a prenatal arrangement. “Vodou is like a gun” (and that’s how you spell it) 2013-03-10T00:00:00Z Norma, often portrayed as a superhuman priestess, emerges in Bartoli's performance as a woman of flesh and blood, torn between duty and love. Cecilia Bartoli sings Bellini's Norma 2013-05-13T15:26:00Z Did she immigrate to California, where she was revered as the high priestess of a crackpot religion? ‘Sea of Glass’: A 1955 masterpiece you’ve probably never heard of 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z A heartbroken Nivellen admits that he didn't merely defile the temple, he assaulted the priestess – meaning he made the upstanding hero reverse a just punishment. "The Witcher" is back to give women a more equal share in its power 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z She reveals that the aunt she lives with is a Haitian Voodoo priestess whose father was brought back from the dead as a zombie and enslaved. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Zombi Child’ and ‘Inside Man’ 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z She consulted readers and priestesses in New Orleans and, after a bad breakup, received palmistry from a reader in Brooklyn. Playing Hoodoo: Renée Stout and “The Rootworker’s Table” 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z “I don’t think we have in our society a great example of an aspirational menopausal woman,” said Paltrow, presumably nominating herself, the high priestess of expensive aspiration, for the job. Tampon wars: the battle to overthrow the Tampax empire 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z But, it eventually dawned on me, Sindy – all dolls, in fact, but Sindy was their high priestess in even higher shoes – wasn't there to be loved. Lucy Mangan: Sindy and me 2012-07-06T22:00:24Z Looks like the Red priestess is coming due for a reckoning for what she did to Shirin and Little Finger wants payback for coming to Sansa's aid. ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6, Episode 9: The Hungry Dogs of War 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z This is where it all started, the high priestess explained as she removed her slippers to enter the shrine. In Sacred Grove in Nigeria, Worship and Connection 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Does Ms. Afful not seem a little wilder beneath her Viola drag because twice a week she plays that pleasured priestess? A First-Time Visitor Inhales Stratford’s Theatrical Perfume 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z This novel’s young narrator has believed from an early age that he is Cassandra, the Trojan priestess whose prophecies go unheeded. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z She is a sentient being who grips the gilt-edged rim and stares into the ewer’s depths like a priestess awaiting divination from the gods. Gouthière at the Frick: Gilding the Lily (and Everything Else) 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Two priestesses in Grecian robes purified my hands before leading me to a sumptuous salon in the rafters, where I sank into a velvet armchair and was plied with red wine and Italian delicacies. Regilding the Gilded Age in New York 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z "High priestess of musical theater, you are the contemporary incarnation of the versatile talent, American-style," he added. France makes Liza Minnelli Legion of Honour officer 2011-07-12T17:52:55Z A broad look at women in ancient Mesopotamia with a special focus on the earliest recorded author in the world, the high priestess and poet Enheduanna. More Than 90 Art Shows and Exhibitions to See This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z “They just thought it was too much”—and, indeed, Bush is the high priestess of too much. The Enduring, Incandescent Power of Kate Bush 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Ms. Duncan, too, seemed to chafe under her de facto role as the high priestess of normcore. Normcore: Fashion Movement or Massive In-Joke? 2014-04-02T21:56:25Z If we’re talking about influence, clout and pop-cultural dominance, Bey is the high priestess of the hive and of our Twitter feeds. We can’t stop talking about Beyoncé. But is she selling as much music as we think? 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z We soon find out that, as young men, they both fell for an unattainable woman, Leila, a priestess of the Hindu god of creation, Brahma. Review: A Precious Harvest in ‘The Pearl Fishers’ at the Met 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z Thanks to a blessing from high priestess Oprah, it spent more than 200 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, became a movie starring Julia Roberts, and spawned 1,000 copycat empowerment tours. ‘Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It’: Really? We need to talk. 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z The dress, face paint and branch crown of the priestess is intimidating—but not so much the way people journey to a site special to them, and how happy they are to be there together. Ritual love of “Vikings: Valhalla” 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z But who is the high priestess of this latest angst wave? New band of the day ? No 1,072: Skylar Grey 2011-07-28T16:05:26Z The organization has two high priestesses who oversee compliance, working with cannabis churches to make sure they’re upholding standards. Is Weed Church Church? 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z Being inside the “pagan story” of “Rite,” she explained, was a way of honoring her ancestors, particularly her father’s mother, a Yoruba priestess she never met. Germaine Acogny on Choosing to Be the Chosen One 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z At age 11, Melissa was inducted as a priestess by her Irish nanny into the Pagan “path of goddess mysteries” without the knowledge of her Upper East Side socialite mother. What happened when I went to psychic school 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z The soaring panorama befits the high priestess of Bare Escentuals, a line of chemical-free mineral powders that have revolutionized the way millions of American women — particularly those under 40 — think about makeup. Move Over, Est?e Lauder 2011-06-10T20:07:05Z A parade of ghostly high priestesses emerged like apparitions from a curtain of fog and then faded back again, like memories of history and mythology past. The Brilliant Alchemy of Rick Owens 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Moving away from the “clone replaces celebrity” genre, theorists believe Taylor Swift is, in fact, the clone of a former satanic priestess. Why fans think Avril Lavigne died and was replaced by a clone called Melissa 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Not to mention a whole set of high priests and priestesses like Jared Leto and Dakota Johnson dedicated to modeling his particular brand of sartorial mythology. Gucci Gives New Meaning to the Contemporary Obsession With Stars 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Pearl is the active underminer of her own agency, the high priestess at her own sacrifice, an icon of maternity at once selfless and monstrous. The Wild, Rangy, Unclassifiable Delights of Joy Williams’s Fiction 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z In Haiti, where Western healthcare services are scarce and too expensive for many, inhabitants often rely on the herbal remedies and ritual practices of their voodoo “houngan” priest or “mambo” priestess. Haiti voodoo leaders prepare temples for coronavirus sufferers 2020-05-24T04:00:00Z Patti Smith occupies a singular place in our culture: downtown rocker and street poet turned memoirist and high priestess of cool. Patti Smith’s ‘Devotion’ — equal parts exasperating and inspiring 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z A priestess comes among them to pray for good fortune. Review: A Precious Harvest in ‘The Pearl Fishers’ at the Met 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z On second thought, I think the word Helen was looking for was “Cassandra,” the priestess of Greek mythology cursed to utter true prophecies but never to be believed. Perspective | This is what the beginning of the end of the Roe era feels like 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z They viewed Vogue as their bible and Wintour as its high priestess. Anna Wintour and Tina Brown: Inside their Condé Nast rivalry 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z A priestess is reading entrails and announces to general disinterest that "a leader will be saved and a savior will one day lead." 'Exodus' follows its own path 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z That goes to the princess Amneris, who begs softly for peace, and a chorus of priests and priestesses. Review: Details Matter in Riccardo Muti’s Precise ‘Aida’ 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z Hugo made few demands on her because he was now completely dependent on her financially, while Rupert leapt to play the handsome young consort to her elegant priestess. My mentor, Anaïs Nin 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z It was all in the name of fighting climate change, the onetime punk priestess' favorite cause. Westwood highlights gala London fashion shows 2012-09-16T21:10:14Z Singing with a distinctive, rich dark-hued voice, she demonstrated the requisite power, fluid coloratura and bel canto lyricism of a worthy interpreter of Bellini’s druid priestess. Music Review: Tanglewood?s Season Opens With Good Friends Like Verdi and Bellini 2011-07-10T21:36:09Z She looked sort of like an alien priestess from the Marvel cinematic universe, and also like it was no big deal. After Jacinda Ardern, Politics Will Never Look the Same 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z She had the looks of a priestess, not of a sacrificial virgin. Doll’s Play 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z As you can tell," she announced, "I came dressed as an intergalactic priestess. London jazz festival 2012: highlights from the opening weekend 2012-11-12T18:02:17Z Like Lady Gaga before her, she wants to be a high priestess of style. Nicki Minaj as a Rising Style Muse 2012-01-07T08:00:16Z This first book is his quest to find his sister; in it, Hylas meets Pirra, the 12-year-old daughter of a high priestess, who disfigures her face to avoid an arranged marriage. Michelle Paver: a life in writing 2012-08-24T21:55:05Z I wander back inside and there she is, gliding through the Bulletproof Coffee line like our priestess. 'Gwyneth glows like a radioactive swan' – my day at the Goop festival 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z “In the opening of the film, we got a real Haitian priestess to do a blessing and it resonated with everyone,” said Green about an early scene. Director David Gordon Green brings his inner 11-year-old to his 'Exorcist' reboot 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Eve asked the snake for advice because that part of the story was the old reality, when women were asking, as priestesses, for oracular advice from a snake. How Family Trauma Perpetuates Authoritarian Societies 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Illustrative of the parliament’s diversity, its program chair for this week’s event is Phyllis Curott, a Wiccan priestess who as an author and lawyer has advocated for the legal rights of witches. A throng of interfaith leaders to focus on combating authoritarianism at global gathering in Chicago 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z In 1999, O’Connor caused uproar in Ireland when she became a priestess of the breakaway Latin Tridentine Church — a position that was not recognized by the mainstream Catholic Church. Sinéad O’Connor, gifted and provocative Irish singer, dies at 56 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z The first known author in history whose name and some of whose works survive was a Sumerian high priestess, Enheduanna. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z She may have represented a royal woman, a sacred priestess of a temple, or perhaps a lower-born tribal girl. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z What would happen if you kissed a priestess in ancient Mesopotamia, for example? The First Kiss in Recorded History Dates Back Nearly 5,000 Years 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z Shana Iverson, the company’s vice president of operations and self-described high priestess of rubber chickens, remembered one customer who visited all the way from New Jersey after discovering the store through its catalog and videos. Archie McPhee celebrates 40 years of Seattle quirkiness 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z The self-proclaimed voodoo priestess died in 2016 after battling colon cancer, but it is her voice that guides the documentary, which doesn’t hold back on her over-the-top TV appearances for her pay-per-call service. What we learned from 'Call Me Miss Cleo' documentary about the infamous ’90s TV psychic 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Just about the only social position in which elite women had real, direct power was in the priesthoods of some of the Greek gods, where women could serve as priestesses. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z For priests and priestesses, it consisted of performing the various rituals at the temple complexes. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z From a sound truck, a Candomble priestess urged people to political action. In sacred Brazil dunes, critics see evangelical encroachment 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Before her breakthrough as a recording artist and ’70s punk priestess, Patti Smith contributed modern poetic essays on Dylan, Jagger, Morrison and other Dionysian rock gods. Creem has risen: A once-extinct rock magazine is on a quest to make itself vital again 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z In 2007 da Silva signed into law a national day for combating religious intolerance, in memory of a Candomble priestess who was denounced as a charlatan by a prominent evangelical church’s newspaper. Bolsonaro campaign to evangelicals: Brazil’s soul at stake 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Pythagoras himself was said to have been inspired to study philosophy by the Delphic priestess Themistoclea. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z For example, at Ur, the daughter of the reigning lugal always served as the high priestess of the moon god Sin, the chief deity at Ur. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z As the deity’s chief priestess, she leads other women known as servants of Osun in daily worship and sacrificial offerings along the riverbank. Nigeria’s Osun River: Sacred, revered and increasingly toxic 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z The book’s voodoo priestess warns against the reverberations of intent, deed and especially timing. Savannah, Ga., keeps the past alive while embracing change 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Owens has always had an aesthetic riffing on the garb of Ancient Egypt, with togas, drapes and high priestess styles gracing his runways. Paris Fashion Week blurs line between runway and performance 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The newspapers luridly called her a “priestess of a strange love cult” who supposedly bragged that she controlled a thousand men. Does L.A. have an 'addiction to cults and cultists'? Sure seems like it 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z However, women of the citizen class were prominent in the public religious life of the city, serving as priestesses and in ceremonial roles in religious festivals. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Also, priestesses took charge of some shrines, aided by male assistants. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z One outfit has some clear tennis influences, while the other is called the “dark priestess” outfit, and both come with an assortment of matching accessories. Naomi Osaka is coming to Fortnite 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z She finds her way to Tauris and becomes a chaste priestess for Artemis, or she gets married, or she is actually the goddess. Review: Iphigenia, the Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding way 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z This couture collection thus became the realm of the high couture priestess, one who donned exaggerated circular hat-headdresses, wore gold, black and white, and floated by gleaming and resplendent. Dior celebrates couture craft, as maskless Delevingne irks 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Singer Boy George tweeted: "RIP April Ashley! A force of nature and transgender high priestess!" April Ashley: Model, actress and trans trailblazer dies aged 86 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Rulers, as well as priests and priestesses, wielded great power. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Whoever handed me the copy of the book suggested I apply for an essay contest sponsored by the nonprofit devoted to the teachings of the high priestess of navel-gazing. Column: L.A.'s unvaccinated public workers go Ayn Rand, throw fit over city's vaccine mandate 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z They held up a Tibetan flag seconds after the torch was lit by an actress playing the role of high priestess at the Temple of Hera a few metres away. Olympics-Protest disrupts Beijing Games torch-lighting ceremony 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Instead, young actresses and dancers playing the part of pagan priestesses went through their routine looking incongruous in sportswear and sandals, to save their flowing tunics for Monday. Weather, protest cloud Beijing flame-lighting rehearsal 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Instead, a backup flame from previous rehearsals was used by an actress playing the high priestess. Protests in Athens as Beijing prepares for Games flame 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z The priestess, drawn into the ritual, stands witness while the girl signs a Satanic contract: “The girl took the charter, wrote out her name./What was a soul worth when life offered fame?” University of Chicago professor satirizes abortion supporters in Telegram poetry group 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z But she wasn’t the only undercover Gen X priestess in a plain tank, loose shorts and off-brand sneakers holding down the center of the floor. Dancing Through New York in a Summer of Joy and Grief 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z There was a lot of discussion about what credentials one needs to be considered a “high priestess,” and some confusion when Budapest referenced the animal queendom, instead of kingdom. This feminist witch introduced California to Goddess worship 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z Yes, having an aspiring Santeria priestess for a mother can be a problem — especially if that mother is conflicted about becoming a Santeria priestess and takes out her anxieties on those around her. Memorable ‘The Way of the Saints’ follows Puerto Rican family flirting with Santeria 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Its priestess, Jeanne Yolande Vital, a pillar of the community, was crushed inside, along with the kitchen and restaurant that fed the community. In Haiti, a brutal reckoning over an all too familiar task: Rebuilding 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z They were waiting for the priestess to start proceedings when the quake struck. Haiti earthquake: The forgotten villages cut off from help 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z The writer appeared in the movie as the priestess performing the pagan wedding. Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, rock journalist, author and partner of Jim Morrison, dies at 75 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z With Budapest serving as high priestess, the coven grew. This feminist witch introduced California to Goddess worship 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z He became the first songwriter to win the prestigious award, but it was collected on his behalf by another - the priestess of punk Patti Smith, who nervously sang A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall. Bob Dylan: 80 things you may not know about him on his 80th birthday 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z At USC, where “football achieves the level of religion,” she wrote, “the song girls are its high priestesses.” USC's Song Girls project a glamorous ideal; 10 women describe a different, toxic reality 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z “He said, we can’t do this project unless there are Haitians involved, unless there are Haitian priests or priestesses and artists who are consulting,” Quick said. Former Fowler Museum director and Ghanaian arts scholar Doran Ross dies 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z She traces the origin of her style — an amalgam of goth hippie, bohemian Californian girl and Victorian priestess — to 1970, when she and Buckingham were still an eponymous duo. The moonlight confessions of Stevie Nicks 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Again, the filmmakers supply absolutely no evidence for the accusation that Abramović is a Satanist, much less a high priestess of the Church of Satan. Decoding QAnon: From Pizzagate to Kanye to Marina Abramovic, this conspiracy covers everything 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z The carefully-choreographed ceremony is led by an actress posing as an ancient Greek priestess who lights the flame using a a bowl-shaped mirror to focus the heat of the sun’s rays on her torch. Female athlete to launch Olympic torch relay for 1st time 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z A Candomblé priestess was forced, at gunpoint, to destroy all of the artifacts inside her temple, while gang members taunted her. ‘Soldiers of Jesus’: Armed neo-Pentecostals torment Brazil’s religious minorities 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z In the futuristic series about a depleted, blind population, she plays Paris, priestess and advisor to Jason Momoa’s tribal leader. As a prison warden in 'Clemency,' Alfre Woodard wanted to honor the lives involved 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Lucy Jones, the high priestess of seismic science, issued her tweet a little more than 20 minutes after the magnitude 4.7 earthquake hit Central California on Tuesday afternoon. Newsletter: What's next, locusts? 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z A satanic figure sends a private eye to 1955 New Orleans, home of a voodoo priestess. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z The figure of the Roman goddess Venus stands at the top of Walker's fountain, recast as a priestess from Afro-Brazilian and Caribbean religions. Kara Walker's fountain installed at Tate's Turbine 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Subtitled, “An Immigration Story,” it tells the tale of the son of a voodoo priestess who becomes a child soldier before migrating to Italy, where he brutally murders his do-gooder patron and a priest. Europe Tries to Seize Momentum for a New Deal on Migration 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z “She is the newly appointed high priestess of climate change.” Prophet or puppet? Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg’s arrival ignites exploitation debate 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Before the procession to the river, worshippers offer prayers at the priestess' shrine. In pictures: Nigeria's fertility goddess festival 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z The costumes and makeup are stunning, giving depth to the portrayals of the fae with touches like different styles of horns and the scarification that marks faerie priestesses and mystics. Carnival Row works best when it isn’t copying Game of Thrones 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Killed in a mutiny at the end of season five, he was later brought back to life by a priestess. Fire, ice and puberty: how ‘Thrones’ characters have grown 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Storm, one of the most prominent black superhero figures is the descendant of an ancient line of African priestesses, has always been drawn as a dark-skinned women in Marvel's comics. Is Will Smith too light for this role? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z In Australia, archaeologists found the tattered remains of an ancient priestess in a 2,500-year-old Egyptian coffin that was long thought to be empty. Eight ancient painted mummies discovered in Egypt 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z The reader - a Wiccan high priestess - told her a number of things: to find a goddess, to buy a crystal, to read the book “Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner” by Scott Cunningham. Want to learn magic? In Frederick, you have options 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z Ms. O’Connor, who ripped up the pope’s picture on “Saturday Night Live” and had also been a priestess in a breakaway “Catholic” sect, then went on to dare Twitter to ban her for anti-white racism. Sinead O’Connor, now known as Shuhada’ Davitt, never wants to be around white people again 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z The 12 traditional priestesses of Orango island gathered in their wide hut in a deserted clearing of ankle-deep vegetation, passing a bowl of orange palm nuts between them. 'Our god is stronger' - can biodiverse Bijagós fend off evangelical threat? 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z We were high priestesses, messengers of the divine, healers, queens’ lovers and kings’ concubines. #WontBeErased: Twitter erupts in protest after Trump administration unveils anti-Trans proposal 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z If, as Wallace Stevens claimed, “the poet is the priest of the invisible,” Elizabeth Spires may well be its high priestess. Poem: Picture of a Soul 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z The game explores scenarios for the futures of key characters from the Game of Thrones books and TV show, as prophesied by red priestess Melisandre. HBO announces new Game of Thrones video game 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Hieroglyphs show the original occupant of the coffin was a female called Mer-Neith-it-es, who academics believe was a high priestess in 600 BC, the last time Egypt was ruled by native Egyptians. Once overlooked, 2,500-year old coffin may offer clues into ancient... 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Like their grandmothers before them, the baloberas, as the priestesses are known, were using their spiritual powers to protect the forests in their part of the Bijagós archipelago in Guinea-Bissau. 'Our god is stronger' - can biodiverse Bijagós fend off evangelical threat? 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z She has called the work Pythia – the name of the prophetic priestess at ancient Delphi, itself derived from the Greek word pytho, or snake, which had supposedly been slain there by Apollo. 'Do you have any ectoplasm? Is it vaginal?' The return of punk artist Linder 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Seven years ago, Parmar was the high priestess of tech empowerment. Meet the tech evangelist who now fears for our mental health 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, archaeologists unveiled the tomb of an ancient priestess that dates back 4,400 years. 'Message from afterlife' in Egypt tomb 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z While female priests weren’t common in ancient Egypt, Hathor’s priesthood included a number of priestesses. See Inside the Tomb of a High-Powered Egyptian Woman 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z “Some people say don’t bother with the priestesses, they have their hearts full of Satan. I say let them come. It’s my job to bring them to Christ.” 'Our god is stronger' - can biodiverse Bijagós fend off evangelical threat? 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z The tomb found near Cairo is adorned with well-preserved and rare wall paintings depicting the priestess, Hetpet, in a variety of scenes. Tomb of ancient priestess found in Egypt 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z The crowd erupted into cheers as Greek skiing champion Ioannis Proios lit the golden cauldron surrounded by priestesses in long pleated robes. Pyeongchang receives Olympic flame for 2018 Winter Games 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z It was adorned with well-preserved and rare wall paintings depicting the priestess, Hetpet, in a variety of scenes. 'Message from afterlife' in Egypt tomb 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z “She was like a priestess,” the filmmaker swoons. Review | ‘Chavela’ paints a portrait of a reclusive artist, leaving in the mystery 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Using fire kept from a rehearsal, an actress playing an ancient pagan priestess ignited the torch in front of the 2,600-year-old Temple of Hera. Pyeongchang 2018 flame lit in birthplace of ancient Olympics 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z The priestess shifted position, walked around the mirror and tried again. South Korean Olympic organizers downplay concern over NKorea 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z The crowd erupted into cheers as Greek skiing champion Ioannis Proios lit the golden cauldron surrounded by priestesses in long pleated robes. Pyeongchang receives Olympic flame for 2018 Winter Games 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z In the bel canto masterpiece set during the Roman occupation of England, Adalgisa is a novice Druid priestess who is devoted to her leader, Norma. Mezzo solves ‘enigma’ in ‘Norma’ 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z “What has happened in the past 40 years through archaeological research, partly fueled by feminist research, is that women have been found to be priestesses and leaders, too,” he said. A battle over finding Viking woman warrior’s remains 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z The priestess blesses water and oil before conducting a traditional ritual of purification, dousing the woman and commanding the bad spirits to leave her forever. The juju curse that binds trafficked Nigerian women into sex slavery 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z Wood is heavily inspired by David Bowie, whom she calls her “high priestess,” and by Dietrich in her top hat and coattails. Evan Rachel Wood gets real about suits and sci-fi 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z After saving the universe just months earlier, they take an assignment from Ayesha, the high priestess of the Sovereign to protect a power source from a massive, gooey monster. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Cinematic Universe Edition review (4K UHD) 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Though it’s not indicated in the libretto, McVicar brings Adalgisa onstage to assist Norma in the Druid rites while the high priestess prays for peace in her famous “Casta diva” aria. Mezzo solves ‘enigma’ in ‘Norma’ 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z He showed up thinking he had all the leverage in the situation, and instead realizes he has no control, and that the priestess knows things about his own fate he himself can’t comprehend. Game of Thrones, The Queen’s Justice was about strategies falling apart 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z The Odasani “priestess” vigorously denies that she is doing anything but using “her power” to save the lives of the women who come to her door. The juju curse that binds trafficked Nigerian women into sex slavery 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z A spoof account posted its own version of a mysterious lady - the red priestess from The Game of Thrones - who encouraged the character Stannis Baratheon to pursue the throne at all costs. Putin's mystery passenger sends the internet into a frenzy - BBC News 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z It presents an irresistible image: the high priestess of millennial TV beavering away at her work at one end of the hallway, the wonder child of pop doing the same at the other. Lorde: ‘I want to be Leonard Cohen. I want to be Joni Mitchell’ 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z This sometimes threatens to become the legacy of Sioux, who turns 60 tomorrow: to be fixed in time as the aloof monochrome priestess who defined a subculture. Siouxsie Sioux at 60: more than a monochrome goth-pop priestess 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z At 77, Atwood combines the loftiness of a high priestess who does not suffer fools gladly with an unstinting generosity to those she deems not to be foolish. Margaret Atwood: a high priestess of fiction who embraces the digital age | Claire Armitstead 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z She was a "grand priestess of fear", a snake-oil merchant from the same extremist background as her father. Five reasons why Macron won the French election - BBC News 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z Macron said Le Pen stirred up the hatred and the anger of voters the way her father did, calling her “the high priestess of fear.” A polished Le Pen maintains gritty image in French vote 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Voters decide between him and Ms Le Pen, whom Mr Macron called "the high priestess of fear", on Sunday. BBC News Daily: 4 May 2017 - BBC News 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z The temptations are great, no doubt, and I’m no high priestess of moral will, though I do hate myself every time I share. Opinion | The Facebook murder was inevitable 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Then, anoint yourself zen goddess, high priestess of low expectations, ambassador of quan. Keep expectations, drama low at 10-person bachelorette retreat 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z One afternoon, I met an elderly Edo juju priestess who maintains a special relationship with the god who lives in the Ogba River. The Desperate Journey of a Trafficked Girl 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z He embeds with Vodou priests and priestesses, and scenes shot during their rituals capture a deeply genuine sense of devotion and enlightenment. CNN’s 'Believer With Reza Aslan' could use a little more enlightenment itself 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z "In society now, we have a greater density of faiths and non-faiths. "I have carried out funerals for people who would describe themselves as high priestesses and wizards. Bespoke coffins show changing face of funeral industry - BBC News 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z Attendees faithfully present themselves as priests and priestesses of the Highest Order of Civility, Good Humor & Charitable Hearts. You can dress him up, but Trump will always be Trump 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The armies of Light and Darkness have battled one another for as long as memory serves, and a prophesy is about to unfold: priestess leading a band of misfits will defeat Dark Lord Darvezian. New Adventures: all the best science fiction and fantasy books coming out in August 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z In the late 1980s, I was introduced to a self-styled Satanic high priestess. As a psychiatrist, I diagnose mental illness. Also, I help spot demonic possession. 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Albany Diocesan Cemeteries' spokesman Jonathan Cohen says Saturday the ceremony included prayers from a Ghanaian priestess, an imam and others. 14 long-forgotten slave remains reburied in NY ceremony 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z After a relay in the stadium, Greek rowing champion Katerina Nikolairou lit the golden cauldron, surrounded by priestesses in long pleated dresses, and the crowd erupted into cheers. Brazil receives Olympic flame for Rio Games 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z An actress portraying a pagan priestess ignited the Olympic flame by using a concave mirror to focus the sun's rays on her torch. Olympic torch relay begins with lighting ceremony in Greece 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z On Thursday, Katerina Lehou, an actor playing a high priestess, lit a torch from the rays of the sun at the temple of Hera, using a parabolic mirror, to set off a domestic relay. Rio 2016 Olympic flame is lit at temple of Hera in Greece 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z The flame was lit by an actress impersonating a pagan high priestess and will be delivered to the first torchbearer, Greek world gymnastics champion Eleftherios Petrounias. Flame for Rio Olympics is lit at birthplace of ancient Games 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z An actor performing the role of high priestess lit the torch by using the sun's rays. Olympic torch for Rio games lit at ancient Greek site - BBC News 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z The ritual with the high priestess and the torch was established eight decades ago for the Berlin Games. Sun god Apollo presides over final flame rehearsal 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z There is nothing of the fashion priestess about her—no exaggerated chic. China’s Homegrown High-Fashion Designer 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z In the first episode, Huger sets herself up as the high priestess of “proper etiquette.” The cast of ‘Real Housewives of Potomac’ finally speaks, and table flipping isn’t their favorite topic 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z It’s during the entrance of Leila, the young priestess charged with protecting her Ceylonese fishing community from the perils of the sea. ‘Pearl Fishers’ is latest Met HD broadcast 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z She returned to one of the priestesses of the feri to whom she’d become somewhat close, a witch named Morpheus Ravenna, and set to work. Serious researcher or 'spiritual tourist'? How Alex Mar riled America's pagans 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z At Port-au-Prince’s sprawling national cemetery, Voodoo priests and priestesses gathered around a blackened monument that is believed to be the oldest grave. Haitians Visit Cemeteries For Voodoo Day of the Dead 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z At Port-au-Prince's national cemetery, priests and priestesses dressed in white gather around a blackened monument that is believed to be the oldest grave. Haitians flow into cemeteries to mark Voodoo festival of the dead 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z The two squared off in court before a Salem District Court judge, who granted the protective order to witch priestess Lori Sforza. Witch wins protective order against warlock in Salem court 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z The Boston Globe reported that a judge granted the order to witch priestess Lori Sforza, who accused self-proclaimed warlock Christian Day of harassing her over the phone and Internet for years. Salem witch wins protective order against warlock she accuses of harassing her for years 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z A woman who calls herself a witch priestess said she is taking a self-proclaimed warlock to court over accusations of harassment. Self-proclaimed 'witch' takes 'world's best-known warlock' to court 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z The American fashion blogger and editor has also featured in a Diesel campaign and has been photographed by the high priestess of fashion, Carine Roitfeld. Yes, fashion has flirted with using disabled models, but it has to do much more if it is serious about catwalk diversity 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z Selena Fox, a Wiccan priestess and the senior minister of Circle Sanctuary, one of America’s largest Wiccan churches, said that many in the movement found their statements very troubling. Wicca experts slam Florida sheriff for linking triple murder to 'witchcraft' 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z The exhibit offers a look at the lives of Minoan and Mycenaean rulers and priestesses, aristocratic warriors and ladies from the Archaic period and athletes from the Classical period. Field Museum to offer glimpse of life in ancient Greece 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z When she was young she became a priestess in the local sun cult, and soon attracted the eye of a tribal chief who lived far to the north. Coffin remains tell life story of ancient sun-worshiping priestess 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Another theory made her into an august priestess, leading “an association of young women who devoted themselves to the cult of the goddess.” How Gay Was Sappho? 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Costa said she was “predestined” to become a Candomblé priestess and traced her own ancestry back to Africa. Afro-Brazilian religions struggle against Evangelical hostility 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Not only was she the highest-ranking royal wife, but also she was Egypt’s most powerful priestess. Who Remembers the Greatest Woman to Rule the Ancient World? 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Byron Ballard, who is the senior priestess with Mother Grove Temple, admits not everyone is happy with the policy, but says “This is a good compromise given the culture that we live in here.” Buncombe schools let groups hand out materials 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z The Lord of Dragonstone becomes king, helped by a priestess with more wicked witchery than Stevie Nicks, and a loan from Sherlock's brother But what of the claims of House Baratheon? Will Game of Thrones end in ice or fire? Some fans already know … 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z “Wendy Davis is a one issue wonder heralded by the press because she is a high priestess of the secular religion’s sacred sacrament — slaughtering children on the altar of Moloch.” Erick Erickson “thanks” Greta Van Susteren for calling him a “creep” and a “jerk” 2014-01-28T15:50:00Z A Candomblé center north of Rio run by priestess Maria de Conceição, 53, has been attacked eight times in recent years. Afro-Brazilian religions struggle against Evangelical hostility 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z The young woman's clothes and ornaments suggest that she was a priestess who likely danced in religious ceremonies, McGovern said. Brewer and Archaeologist Recreate Ancient Nordic Grog 2014-01-15T23:45:03.426Z And a Wiccan priestess, mindful of her venue in the town of Greece, N.Y., thought that Athena and Apollo were apt deities to call upon. Supreme Court to hear new case on religion in public life 2013-11-01T23:34:00Z In Incan culture, these women were “selected to live apart from their families at around the age of puberty, probably under the guardianship of priestesses,” he explains. Mummies reveal coca, alcohol use in Incan ritual sacrifices 2013-08-05T19:23:46Z I want to be a religious leader in my community, so the path I chose is to become a high priestess. City Room: Lessons in Modern Witchcraft, Minus the Broomsticks 2013-06-16T15:00:51Z After the two threatened legal action in 2008, the appeals court said, the town added to its list of chaplains a Baha’i congregation leader, a lay Jewish man and a Wiccan priestess. Justices to weigh whether prayers at meetings violate separation of church, state 2013-05-21T00:23:42Z The Oracle was a priestess in a cave who became disoriented by volcanic fumes and babbled incoherently. The Future: A History of Prediction from the Archives of Scientific American 2013-01-14T19:15:00.220Z The mother-of-two, who describes herself as a wiccan priestess and magician, now passes on her knowledge of wicca through workshops, meditation and rituals. Secret life of modern-day witches 2012-08-17T23:41:14Z Photograph: Leonard McCombe/Time Life/Getty Ayn Rand is the high priestess of undiluted capitalism and a champion of looking after number one. Ayn Rand: Ryan joins list of admirers 2012-08-16T17:48:56Z Third-year students aspire to become high priests or high priestesses. City Room: Lessons in Modern Witchcraft, Minus the Broomsticks 2013-06-16T15:00:51Z The priestess “invoked Athena and Apollo; she stated these were fitting deities given the town’s name,” Calabresi wrote. Justices to weigh whether prayers at meetings violate separation of church, state 2013-05-21T00:23:42Z Dr Oakley-Harrington, who told the court she was a pagan priestess, said the defendant "looked absolutely dreadful" and was "someone who was in terrible distress". Teen killer 'faced demon attack' 2012-07-05T16:37:48Z The London flame was ignited when an actress dressed as an ancient priestess caught the sun's rays in a parabolic mirror in Olympia, Greece. Q&A: The Olympic torch 2012-05-21T12:53:34Z More than 5,000 people packed into the tiny town in southern Greece to watch ceremonial priestesses dance on the grassy hills above the ancient stadium where the Olympics were first held in 776 B.C. In Greece, an Olympic Torch Relay Plays Out Against Backdrop of Political Paralysis 2012-05-18T10:35:00Z The Olympic flame was lit on 10 May at the Temple of Hera by actress Ino Menegaki playing the key role of the high priestess. In pictures: Olympic flame tours Greece 2012-05-16T11:32:53Z According to The Guardian, the priestesses were in high form and there was a white dove and tears. 2012 London Olympics Blog: Greeks Revel in Torch Lighting. Again. 2012-05-10T20:16:51Z An actress dressed as a "high priestess" lit the flame by directing the sun's rays onto the torch using a special mirror. Olympic torch lit in Greece 2012-05-10T09:54:35Z In a choreographed departure from previous ceremonies, a chorus of 13 young men struck poses from Olympic sports and performed their own ritual dance in tandem with the 17 priestesses. Flame lighting rehearsal goes off without a hitch 2012-05-09T11:45:13Z An actress playing the high priestess lit the flame in the Temple of Hera with the help of a parabolic mirror — and "maybe a little assistance from the sun god Apollo," Mermela said, smiling. In Greece, an Olympic Torch Relay Plays Out Against Backdrop of Political Paralysis 2012-05-18T10:35:00Z Courtesans were the priestesses in her temples, and those of Corinth were believed by their prayers to have averted calamities from their city. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z And he caused the young priestesses of Amu to be born. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z The child is taken to Delphi, and made a priestess of Apollo under the name of Chariclea. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Standing in front of the 2,600-year-old Temple of Hera, an actress dressed as a high priestess used a concave mirror to focus the sun's rays and light a torch. Flame lighting rehearsal goes off without a hitch 2012-05-09T11:45:13Z This was done; but just as Heraclides was receiving his honour in a crowded assembly, he was seized with apoplexy, while the dishonest priestess perished at the same moment from the bite of a serpent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z She appeared as a priestess before the altar, bearing in her hand a cup of wine, which she had poisoned. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z Said by the Majesty of Râ to this goddess: 'Libations shall be made to her at each of the festivals of the new year, under the superintendence of my priestesses.' The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z Hero, the beautiful priestess of Aphrodite at Sestos, was seen by Leander, a youth of Abydos, at the celebration of the festival of Aphrodite and Adonis. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Likewise did he much delight in the performances of Schneider—that high priestess of the obscene, rich with the spoils of princes. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z The story of Io, metamorphosed into a cow, is familiar; she was priestess of Hera, and was originally, no doubt, a form of the goddess herself. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Celibacy of some of their priests and priestesses, 105. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z "Hence it comes that libations are made under the superintendence of the priestesses of Hathor by all men since the ancient days." The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z The head of the family was almost always priest or priestess. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z But with such a principle we might find strange priestesses at the utilitarian shrine. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z “Honey-sweet Hero, of a princely race, Was priestess to Queen Venus in that place; And at her father’s tower, by the sea set— Herself a Queen of Love, though maiden yet— Dwelt.” Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z There were simple religious annals, votive tablets recording miracles accomplished at a shrine, lists of priests and priestesses, accounts of benefactions, of prodigies and portents. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Love's priestess, mad with pain and joy of song, Song's priestess, mad with joy and pain of love. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z If such was the influence of priests, that of the priestesses were not the less powerful. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Celibacy was an essential condition in a few of the orders of priests, and in several orders of priestesses. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Under pretext of paying homage to the goddess, Leander entered her temple, and saw the young priestess, whose charms far surpassed all descriptions. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z The priestesses had been accustomed to invoke these oracles, for the ministry of idols among them was given over to women. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXX, 1640 2012-03-06T03:00:26.127Z Take a step inward, forget a voice, lose a power; no longer a bounteous sovereign, become a vestal priestess, and bide thy time in the magnolia.' Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z We may thus account for the violent convulsions in which the priestesses of Apollo were thrown on these mystic occasions, and which were said to arise from the gas over which they were seated. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The same worship prevailed among the Hyperboreans, as we may judge from the names of the sacred women who used to come annually to Delos; they were priestesses of the Tauric Goddess. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z Name given to Apollo’s priestess at Delphi, 91. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z By this means and by the punishment of a few old women who acted as priestesses, and who were called catalonans, the idolatry of the whole region was brought to an end. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXX, 1640 2012-03-06T03:00:26.127Z The priestess of Diana in a barbarous land, she had passed the years in the duties of the sanctuary, and in acts of beneficence. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z The priestesses of Delphi were also in the habit of chewing laurel-leaves before they ascended the tripod, which it is stated was originally formed of a laurel-tree root with three branches. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Thucydides mentions a people of Ætotia, called Ophionians; and the temple of Apollo at Petara, in Lycia, seems to have had its first institution from a priestess of the same name. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z The period of poetic aspiration and joy was ended, and the priestess, had she survived, would have found a deserted shrine. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z They employed more priestesses, or aniteras, than priests, though they had some of the latter—a wretched class of people, and with reason despised on account of their foul manner of life. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXX, 1640 2012-03-06T03:00:26.127Z The great number of illustrious courtiers who came to Coppet caused the priestess of its hospitalities to aver she needed "a cook whose heels were winged." A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z The questions had to be given in writing, and the responses were uttered by the Pythian priestess, in early times a maiden, later a woman over fifty attired as a maiden. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z I, priestess of this temple, offer up Prayers for the land. Poems 2012-02-15T03:00:33.707Z Moreover, all these gods in all these districts have regular priests and priestesses in dozens, while below Yoruba regular priests and priestesses are rare. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z By these priestesses the Indians performed their superstitious rites and sacrifices, when they wished to placate their anitos or obtain anything from them. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXX, 1640 2012-03-06T03:00:26.127Z Its priestesses are the most polluted class in the community. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z How good of Buddha, the silent and watchful, thus to have inspired his priestesses! The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Nay, no word, no word; I, priestess of this temple, offer up Prayers for the land. Poems 2012-02-15T03:00:33.707Z My cell is spacious, southern, looking over Carlton Gardens: and tranquil, utterly, and singularly well-serviced; and I find I can work there—there being ample margin for a type-writer and its priest, or even priestess. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z This one thing terrified the devil so greatly that, without daring to stand before the Indian armed with crosses, he caught up his priestess, and she disappeared. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXX, 1640 2012-03-06T03:00:26.127Z Numerous persons, more especially women, are described as devotees, or perhaps priestesses, of the Sun-god there, and sometimes similar devotees of Merodach are mentioned. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z The young priestess was not capable of deciding what was to be done, but the friendly bonze would think for her, and propound the words of wisdom. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z In them dwelt the orders of witches, sorceresses, hierodules, priestesses, and vampires attached to the far-famed and infamous temple across the square. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z In the 3rd tablet, very imperfectly preserved, Gilgamesh appeals through a Shamash priestess Rimat-Belit to the sun-god Shamash for his aid in the proposed undertaking. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z After the consecration of these articles, they were used only by the ministers of their idols, who among them were old women—as it were, priestesses. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXX, 1640 2012-03-06T03:00:26.127Z The priestess of Merodach may give what she leaves to whomsoever she pleases. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z She, an abbess, should know something of such matters, and there was no doubt about it that the bonzes and priestesses of Nara had blundered. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z During the night several priestesses of Istar had kept a vigil there, offering up continuous prayers before the stone pedestal on which, in any other temple, the statue of the goddess would have stood. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z O King, many years since I beheld a marvel in Egypt, wrought by a wise priestess of that land. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z The villages were laid waste, the temple overthrown, and its virgin priestesses delivered over to the brutal soldiery, and afterwards put to death. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z In great perturbation he repaired to a famous Oracle, at that time worked by a priestess with her hair let down her back. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Then the two sat down, and the inspired priestess spoke. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Her very priestesses, we are told, do not see her face. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z If you do not worship Pele, her priestess must try not to love you. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z Here Venus had a temple, presided over by a thousand priestesses, whose attractions increased the numbers who came from all parts of Greece to assist in celebrating the Isthmian games. The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity 2011-12-24T03:08:04.237Z "You look like a priestess of the sun!" Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z Thus the prescience of the Delphic priestess is brought forward in the most emphatic manner. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z The minor cadences of the chant of priestesses were to be heard outside the temple. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z The young Hawaiian chief had, when a child, been betrothed to the hereditary priestess of Pele, the Goddess of Fire, supposed to inhabit the volcano of Kiranea. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z Old religious leaders and priestesses roused up from time to time, and incited the natives to rebellion against their new spiritual masters. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z The English of the ignorant classes look upon French very much as a clergyman does upon profanity, or as a missionary regards the muttered charms and incantations of a "voodoo" priestess. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z The priestess answered, according to the Cnidian account: "Ye must not fortify the Isthmus, nor cut through it; Zeus would have made it an island if he had wished." The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z Besides these, there were half a dozen little places, hardly more than niches, where the priestesses and hierodules could don sacrificial garments. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z As he said this, a bright smile lit up the countenance of the young priestess, as if hope had suddenly revived in her bosom. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z But Gerald has fallen hopelessly in love with the pretty priestess, and he loses no time in telling her. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z The representation is probably of Demeter or her priestess, her hair bound with poppies and other flowers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Sometimes the will of the Anitos is declared through an old priestess called an Asitera, who receives a fee for her pains. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z He caught glimpses, also, of three stone altars, carved in indistinguishable bas-relief, covered with offerings, and attended by yellow-robed priestesses, with whom, indeed, the way to the temple was thronged. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z "Recreant," cried the khan, "you have forsaken the great goddess yourself, and you would now draw away her priestess." Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z The sphinx-like song of the grand priestess is again heard, and then every sound is hushed excepting the dreamy pizzicato movement in the violins that so resembles the flitting of moonbeams. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Together with priestesses, they celebrated her rites with flutes, horns, castanets, cymbals and tambourines, madly yelling and dancing until their frenzied excitement found its culmination in self-scourging, self-laceration or exhaustion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z They have priestesses whom they call Bailanes, and they are said to occasionally make human sacrifices. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Around this knelt a company of priestesses, all but one of whom were robed in yellow. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z The sage was the khan, and his companion the priestess of Pele, whose beauty, I soon perceived had not been exaggerated in her lover's glowing description. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z Its pathetic harmonies are mingled with the solemn chant of the grand priestess in the temple above and the music of a sacred dance. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z If the disease assumes a serious form, the patient is taken to a priest or a priestess, of either of these classes of spirits. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z She spoke in her natural tone of voice; there was no more of the priestess about her. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z How she awoke, what she said to her priestesses, or in what manner she first descended to take up her abode in the temple below, I have never heard. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z Pele is a great goddess; acknowledge her power, Toleho, and Oani—her priestess, the playmate of your childhood, the betrothed of your youth—shall be yours, for she pines in secret for her loved one. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z Three times the wondrous song and answer are repeated, after which the priestesses perform a sacred dance around the altar. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Do not disturb the priestess of automobiling at her devotions. The Girls of Central High at Basketball The Great Gymnasium Mystery 2011-11-04T02:00:20.757Z Frey's sister, too, Freyja, was made a priestess. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland 2011-10-31T02:00:30.820Z This survey finished, Charmides turned all his attentions to the group of priestesses at the end of the room. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z Thus, solitary and mysterious, she suggested the image of a priestess cowering over the blood of a victim in search of omens. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z The first sounds are the full, pulsating chords of a harp, and from an inner sanctum the grand priestess sings with rich soprano tones a weird refrain that is weighted with mystery. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z A Brahmin dancer, having the peculiarities of an Egyptian almah, a Greek het�ra, and a Pythian priestess, all fused in one. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Lydia trembled a little as she followed Ir�n� to the altar; a priest stood on either side as the priestesses, postulants, and novices of the Demetrian procession went up the steps to it. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z After a short pause the priestesses separated into two groups, and from their midst the white virgin came slowly forth. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z And Psyche, since had come no priestess there To trim the temple, in her pious care Forgat herself, and lent her duteous aid. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z Like a response from heaven comes the chant of the grand priestess from within. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Very popular they were, celebrated with great pomp and ceremony, and made use of to mark memorable events and public eras—that of consuls at Rome, of archons at Athens, of priestesses at Argos. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z Neither our priest nor priestess could console me, the legend of Eros and Psyche became abominable, the Immaculate Conception absurd, and, believe me, Lydia, nothing but pride kept me to my word. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z Charmides had, of late, been picturing too divine a beauty to feel any tremor of eagerness before this gentle priestess of Ashtoreth. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z You see before you a priestess of a new faith. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z Clairon, habited as a priestess of Apollo, placed a crown of laurel on the bust, and recited the ode with the most vehement enthusiasm. Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z She seemed to be some priestess--some sibyl. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z I was living with Chairo and Ariston in bachelor quarters and described the priestess to the latter on my return home. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z Fanatical priestesses of Lil flitted among the people; and these women were a very real danger, for they menaced life in a peculiar way. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z A retired artiste singing only occasionally, as she has told us herself," replied the Tsigane; "a priestess of Thalia. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z While dancing, one of her admirers declares, she seemed "the very priestess of pleasure and of love." Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z Clearchus stood motionless, his arms still outstretched, gazing with straining eyes upon the lips of the priestess. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z The priestess is receiving chairs for herself and for the priest from the Diphrophori. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z There were two or three of her priestesses who realized, through many of her symptoms, her mortal state; and these were very tender to her in this time of her trial. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z He had purchased an antique vase, discovered at Frescati, in Italy, in 1759; and having placed it in a room convenient for the purpose, he consecrated it to Apollo, and ordained Lady Miller, high priestess. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z Yes; a priestess and a prophetess to the young, the sick, the frail and erring, the poor and needy—needy whether of spiritual or bodily healing. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z They ceased their chant as the priests entered with Clearchus, and two of them advanced, leading between them one of the three priestesses of the temple. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z The woman wears the dress of a priestess of Isis, with a sistrum in her right hand and a vase in her left hand. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z He perceived the officiating priestess coming towards him from the altar, and he waited for her to reach his side. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z She was the daughter of one of the greatest families of Diospolis and was chosen a month ago, for her birth and beauty, as the priestess of the god. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z To render his doom more dreary and miserable,—to add weight to the fearful fulness of his sentence,—the priests and priestesses were commanded to pronounce upon him their curse. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z "Where shall I find Artemisia?" he cried, stretching out his arms before the whirling cloud which hid the priestess in its embrace. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z A priestess stands, with chiton, and a knotted himation bordered with a fringe; she holds a key in her right hand, and a basket in her left hand. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z If one happened to perch for an instant on a branch above her head before disappearing into the blue, a thrill of ecstasy ran through the priestess. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z Along the road, the hierodules, the priestesses, danced to a monotonous chant, hand in hand, in a long row. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z She sent him secretly to Crete where he was educated on Mount Ida, by the nymphs, or, according to some, by the priestesses of Cyb´ele. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z The king repaired to the temple of the priestesses to pay his respects to the theri, and learning whither she had gone, he also proceeded thither, and reverentially bowed down to her. Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship 2011-09-12T02:00:27.807Z Flasch therefore holds that we have here the priest and priestess preparing for the sacrifice that is to take place on the arrival of the procession. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z In the scene on the neck of this amphora appears a priestess followed by four maidens who bear upon their heads a long chest. Problems in Periclean Buildings 2011-08-26T02:00:29.353Z The strangers laughed back and picked out the priestesses; and they withdrew together, first to the temple, then farther away. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Yes; the Aztec priestesses exercised every function except that of sacrifice. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z "The maiden must exclaim, as that pagan priestess did to Alexander the Great, 'Who can oppose thee?'" The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z Women might indeed compete and win prizes as the owners of teams, but all except the priestesses of Demeter were forbidden, matrons on pain of death, to enter the enclosure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z And the wagon was followed by priests and priestesses, and newly initiated votaries, and by companies of every nation, and by people bearing the mystic fan. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Here the goat was held sacred and received public worship at the hands of priestesses in Dionysiac frenzy. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z The sacred fire of Vesta was watched by these priestesses for nearly eleven centuries. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z The Taurian Artemis, adored with human sacrifice, and her priestess, Iphigenia, perhaps a form of the goddess, are familiar examples of this sanguinary ritual.** Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z You pious priestess, priestess of a religion whose blessings I gratefully feel at this moment, shall I tell you how I pray to you,--yes, pray fervently and devoutly? A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z And among other things Plato says that Chærephon asked the Pythian priestess whether any one was wiser than Socrates? and that she replied, No one. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z It was like Fate; or an ancient priestess performing mysterious rites. The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland 2011-07-20T02:00:17.027Z The officiating priestess was no other than Iphigenia, the sister of Orestes, whom Diana had saved when she was about to be immolated at Aulis. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z It resembles a rattle, but it is a model of the sacred suzu which the virgin priestess uses in her dance before the gods. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z The fact that Apollo held no communion with the Pythian priestess did not remove the oracular sanctity from the Delphic response. The Reform of Education 2011-07-18T02:00:21.207Z Sometimes roses wreath the thorn-scarred brow, and she becomes the priestess of love. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z They had also priestesses, clad in white linen, who delivered prophecies and slaughtered human victims upon the altars of their gods. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z The cavity was approached with reverence; a tripod was placed over it; and a priestess or Pythia was appointed to preside. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z As she broke the bushes into the soap-pot she might have been a rapt sorceress brewing a love-philtre, or a priestess sacrificing at the shrine of the God of Cleanliness. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z These appear to have been more of the description of nuns than of priestesses. The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru 2011-06-13T02:00:26.863Z Like unto another bosom of some fresh priestess, its undulations were swelling heavenwards, uplifted by the dreams of antiquity that still cause it to thrill in the sight of our belated glances. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z This hesitation seemed remarkable, until it was explained by some prisoners, captured in a skirmish, who stated that the German priestesses had prophesied misfortune to Ariovistus, if he should fight before the new moon. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z The cow was consecrated to her, and at Argos the priestess of Juno always rode in a chariot drawn by oxen. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z In short, every tone and glance, not proved, but simply assumed, that virtue was nothing more than--the economus of the stomach, the refectorist of the senses, the officiating priestess and daughter of the body. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z Hellanicus wrote concerning the list of the priestesses at Argos,—in after days a recognized standard for fixing events. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z Yes, I have taken the mirror; yes, I have killed the priestess Touni in order to get the peerless comb; yes, I have stolen the great seven-stringed necklace of the goddess. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Seeking distraction, she flung herself into mysticism and became the priestess of a cult of star-worshipers, which included many of the more cultivated people of this region. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z Marcia sat among her maidens like a young goddess among priestesses; they were all eager to show her how dear she was to them and how glad they were that she was happy. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z According to the moral and poetical sense, it is a sacerdotal emblem in the hand of the priests or priestesses celebrating the divinity of whom they are the interpreters and servants. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z The name of the priestess marking the date of the war was solemnly set down. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z I thought of Cynthia, fallen, perhaps, into hostile hands, carried away by some terrible barbarians, forced because of her beauty to become a priestess; put to death if she refused. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z "Behold!" she said, throwing out her hand, with the look and gesture of a priestess. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z The pontiff made no reply; perhaps even he discerned the love of cruelty which the remark of the ancient priestess exhibited. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z According to him, there were many beautiful women among the Aztecs, but only the most beautiful of these were acceptable to the gods as priestesses. Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z Thucydides, at the opening of his second book, fixes his main date by the year of the priestess of Hera at Argos, by the Spartan ephor, and by the Athenian archon. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z The priest and priestess had seemed disturbed, and as my speech ended they both arose hurriedly. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z She was like a priestess preparing for some solemn oracle. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z Marsh and irritable, she ruled them with a rod of iron; and believed that the service of the temple was never so faithfully performed as it had been since she became its principal priestess. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z Though none might be able to see him with mortal eye save only his inspired priestess, he was nevertheless as actually present as if he had embodied himself in some statue of metal or stone. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z As four drummers pounded rhythmically, voodoo priestesses in bright-colored dresses danced in ecstatic circles, dousing the floor with rum and chanting, “Ayibobo!” — the voodoo “amen.” Voodoo, an Anchor, Rises Again 2011-04-09T02:39:39Z As we neared the throne again I saw that great terror, humility and consternation combined were shadowed forth from the faces of the priest and priestess. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z "Avaunt! get you behind me!" she cried, with the voice and air of a priestess in full inspiration. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z The city of Delphi grew around it and Apollo sent a priestess crowned with laurel to be its oracle and welcome those mortals who wanted to breathe its magic air. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z In the British Museum a sceptre, probably that of a Greek priestess, is covered with plaited and netted gold wire, finished with a sort of Corinthian capital and a boss of green glass. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z “I personally don’t hide the fact that I am a voodoo priestess; it is a crown that I wear proudly,” Ms. Desir said. Voodoo, an Anchor, Rises Again 2011-04-09T02:39:39Z Our guard then turned to the priest and priestess. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z The way the novelist develops the progress of this sentiment, which both the priest and the priestess had vowed to suppress, can scarcely be surpassed. The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z In the chamber of the “tables of offering” was heard low but beautiful music, during which a solemn dance was given by a chorus of priestesses. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z Seventy years of continuous polishing by a dynasty of priestesses of cleanliness had given to this dresser a rich ripe tone which the cleverest trade-trickster could not have imitated. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z The Babaylan, she explains, were wise women of the Philippines, healers and priestesses who were demonized and often killed as witches by Spanish invaders after 1521. The Female Factor: From Afar, Moneymaker and Mother 2011-03-07T19:23:20Z I know that it is not conceit which leads me to assert that I was confident that I caught a significant glance from the eyes of the priestess directed at me. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z Their love like that of the missionary and priestess is considered illicit. The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z There he found the bench before that small villa, and, hidden among the trees, listened to the song of Kama’s worshipper, and dreamed of the priestess. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z As a matter of fact the god had carried him in his cradle to Delphi, where he was discovered by the priestess and reared as a foundling in the temple courts. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z For there have always been witches as well as wizards, and priestesses as well as priests. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Tell the priest and priestess that they are correct. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z He discovers that the priestess is dying from a wound received during the melée at Lahore. The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z Were some stranger to enter he might consider thee a high priestess or a goddess, but never a woman at the time of happy betrothal.” The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z Cassandra, the virgin priestess, is to be Agamemnon's concubine. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z The idea that this Brokenshire seeress, this suffering priestess whose whole life was to lie on a couch and think, and think, and think, had reserves in her consciousness on my account was painful. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z Here the curtains were parted, and the extra guard came in to say that the priest and priestess were waiting impatiently for our proof, if we had any. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z I spoke in that rapt enthusiasm in which, as we are told, the ancient priestesses delivered their dream-revealings, for I, too, was as one inspired, as agony alone can inspire. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z “Marriage does not entice me, and surely I should rather be the high priestess of Isis than be married.” The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z "It means—the missing will," returns she, in a voice that would have done credit to a priestess of Delphi. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z Especially helpful has been the conversion of three bailanes or priestesses. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z The guard translated these words to the priest and priestess, not, I believe, without some fear, but the communication seemed to have the desired effect. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z She rose and stood before me, drawn up to her full height; the woman had been transformed into the priestess. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z Barely had Rameses left Kama’s villa, when into the chamber of the priestess rushed a young Greek who was strikingly beautiful, and strikingly similar to Rameses. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z |
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