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История / Re: Ритуальная проституция
« on: 14 December 2020, 18:46:12 »
Конечно же всё зависит от конкретной религии. Лодур как-то рассказывал про девадаси, но похоже, что религиозный раздел там закрыт от гугла, поэтому сейчас найти нереально. Английская вики пишет, что они просто считались жёнами божественных сущностей:
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Traditionally, no stigma was attached to a Devadasi or to her children, and other members of their caste received them on terms of equality. The children of a Devadasi were considered legitimate, and Devadasis themselves were outwardly indistinguishable from married women of their own community.
Furthermore, a Devadasi was believed to be immune from widowhood and was called akhanda saubhagyavati ("woman never separated from good fortune"). Since she was wedded to a divine deity, she was supposed to be one of the especially welcome guests at weddings and was regarded as a bearer of good fortune. At weddings, people would receive a string of the tali (wedding lock) prepared by her, threaded with a few beads from her own necklace. The presence of a Devadasi on any religious occasion in the house of an upper caste member was regarded as sacred and she was treated with due respect, and was presented with gifts.