[[learned-classes]] + [[ritual]] [[ritual]] [[pie-religion]] [1st Function](first-function-sovereignty.md) ## Kinds All utilized poety and their chief business was performing sacrifices. They were the ones who were qualified to properly perform the ritual. [[pourer-priests]] [[seer-priests]] [[combat-priests]] [[fire-priests]] ## By Branch [[germanic-priests]] [[magi]] [[magicians-wizards]] Lat. [[flamines]] ## Topics ### Patron-Client Relationship The well being (wealth, victory, etc) of the patron and/or community depends on them. If efficous, the patron would bestow gifts upon the priests, usually in the form of cattle. ### Name of Priests [[agostini-shaked2013]] Name of Zoroastrian Priests ### Lifestyle [[p-olivelle1993]] Lifestyle ### Misc. [[weiss2009]] [[guyonvarch2002]] [[kershaw1997-2000]]p246 ## External Links [[rolinson2019-09-6]] [[powers-t2019-11-15-p]] [Wikipedia: PIE Myth: Priesthood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European-mythology#Priesthood)