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* The {{manhwa}} ''Manhwa/TheBrideOfTheWaterGod'' begins with the heroine Soah being offered up as a sacrifice in symbolic marriage to the water god Habaek in order to end a severe drought. Then it turns out it's not all that symbolic and things get more complicated from there.


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* ''Manhwa/TheBrideOfTheWaterGod'' begins with the heroine Soah being offered up as a sacrifice in symbolic marriage to the water god Habaek in order to end a severe drought. Then it turns out it's not all that symbolic and things get more complicated from there.
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* In ancient Uruk, the king was symbolically married to Inanna, the city's patron goddess, as a source of their authority. The wedding was celebrated every year, with a priestess standing in for Inanna.
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%%* Something like this happens in ''VideoGame/{{Siren}}''.
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* ''Webvideo/CriticalRole'': Kashaw, from the first campaign, is a cleric and husband to Vesh, a goddess of evil, to whom he was forcibly married at age sixteen.
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** Of course, in traditional Myth/GreekMythology, that's not [[ReallyGetsAround exactly]] [[AnythingThatMoves true]] -- at least on the physical side of the relationship. On the emotional side, he's pretty much spot on.

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** Of course, in traditional Myth/GreekMythology, that's not [[ReallyGetsAround exactly]] [[AnythingThatMoves exactly true]] -- at least on the physical side of the relationship. On the emotional side, he's pretty much spot on.
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* Referenced in ''Film/{{Troy}}''. Achilleus tells Berseis, who is a virgin priestess of Apollo that if she professes to love the gods, she'll find the romance one sided.
** Of course, in traditional Myth/GreekMythology, that's not [[ReallyGetsAround exactly]] [[AnythingThatMoves true]] - at least on the physical side of the relationship. On the emotional side he's pretty much spot on.

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* Referenced in ''Film/{{Troy}}''. Achilleus tells Berseis, who is a virgin priestess of Apollo Apollo, that if she professes to love the gods, she'll find the romance one sided.
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** Of course, in traditional Myth/GreekMythology, that's not [[ReallyGetsAround exactly]] [[AnythingThatMoves true]] - -- at least on the physical side of the relationship. On the emotional side side, he's pretty much spot on.



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* [[RealLife Nuns: Brides of Christ.]]

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** Given the constant theme in religion where mortal "spouses" can be anything from "priest/devotee" to "HumanSacrifice," it seems [[ValuesDissonance the gods have always had a looser definition of "marriage" compared to humans.]]

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** Given the constant theme in religion where mortal "spouses" can be anything from "priest/devotee" to "HumanSacrifice," "HumanSacrifice", it seems [[ValuesDissonance the gods have always had a looser definition of "marriage" compared to humans.]]humans]].

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