History Main / TribeOfPriests

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* In ''Literature/TheBelgariad'', the MadGod Torak divided his Angarak followers into four tribes: the Thull serfs, Nadrak merchants, and Murgo warriors each have their own countries in the West, while the Grolim priests run his ReligionOfEvil in all of them. Even other Angaraks [[TheDreaded widely fear them]], since they have a lot of discretionary power in conducting the religion's large-scale HumanSacrifice.

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* In ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'', the Holy Therns are an society of White Martians self-appointed as high priests of Issus, and responsible for luring all other Barsoomian races into their domain so they can be enslaved. Subverted when its revealed the Therns are manipulated by another race entirely controlled directly by Issus, who commands their men to prey on their females.

* In Orthodox and Conservative Judaism, special note is given to the Kohanim (descendants of the priests, that is, of Aaron) and Levi'im or Levites (descendants of the tribe of Levi, who assisted them). "Cohen" means priest, and people who bear this last name (very common in Ashkenazim) or Levi trace descent from these.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Tau society is divided into five Castes, each with a different function: the Earth Caste are engineers and scientists, the Air Caste are pilots, the Water Caste are diplomats, the Fire Caste are warriors, and the Ethereals lead the rest, possibly using mind control.

* The Brahmin caste in Hinduism.

* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode, The Time of the Doctor, it is revealed that the Silents are genetically engineered confessional priests as they don't often speak and people forget encounters with them when they look away. So, not only are they Christian priests, they even belong to one specific denomination (Catholics) and have their own role in it.

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* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'': The subspecies of Lizardmen are devoted to various duties: Skinks are bureaucrats, skirmishers and priests, Saurus are warriors, Kroxigor are DumbMuscle, and the Slann are extremely powerful wizards.
* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Tau society is divided into five Castes, each with a different function: the Earth Caste are engineers and scientists, the Air Caste are pilots, the Water Caste are diplomats, the Fire Caste are warriors, and the Ethereals lead the rest, possibly using mind control.

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* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'': The subspecies of Lizardmen are devoted to various duties: Skinks are bureaucrats, skirmishers and priests, Saurus are warriors, Kroxigor are DumbMuscle, and the Slann are extremely powerful wizards.
* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40K'': Tau society is divided into five Castes, each with a different function: the Earth Caste are engineers and scientists, the Air Caste are pilots, the Water Caste are diplomats, the Fire Caste are warriors, and the Ethereals lead the rest, possibly using mind control.

** Beyond that, TheBible refers to Israel as "a kingdom of priests and a holy nation." The general idea is that one day everyone will worship God, with the Jewish people as the priesthood of humanity.

* In ''Literature/{{Everworld}},'' the characters note that all male Hetwans are warrior-priests dedicated to their god, [[EldritchAbomination Ka Anor]], while females seemingly only exist to MateAndDie. As a result, their whole society is geared toward conquering Everworld and [[ImAHumanitarian capturing gods for Ka Anor to eat]].

* ''Literature/TheHanSoloTrilogy'': All clergy in the One and the All faith are males the t'landa Til species. In fact, many Pilgrims don't even seem to know their species' name, and just call them "Priests". This is because only males of their kind are capable of the Exultation the faith is built around-it's really a mating call to t'landa Til females that also has a very pleasurable effect on other beings too, with the whole religion being a scam.

* In Orthodox and Conservative Judaism, special note is given to the Kohanim (descendants of the priests, that is, of Aaron) and Levi'im or Levites (descendants of the tribe of Levi, who assisted the priests).

* The Levites in Orthodox and Conservative Judaism are the tribe from which priests are traditionally chosen.

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* The Brahmin caste in Hinduism.

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