Priestess

A Priestess is the female counterpart to the Priest. Often times in many rural regions a Priest and Priestess may according to custom be married. This Holy Matrimony both literal and spiritual shows the beauty of love, devotion, and faith. A priestess just like her male counterpart is in charge of copying passages from the Big Book of Ancient Gabanian Fables a feat which takes approximately 56 years to complete. They also spread the faith, the interpretation of the Will of the Gods from the Holy Priestesses of Athens, and religious doctrine. Priestesses are different from Nuns, the male counterpart of the Monk.

History
Priestesses have existed for just as long as Priest have, since the beginning of all time. Since before the Egyptian Period of Athenian History, the families of Athens would send their first born daughters in hope that they could live a better life as devoted women to the Mother Goddess and her children. Many take vows of silence, obediance, and chastedy. How ever it is not forbidden to marry and many are married to priest or men of notoriety. How ever Athenian Law dictates that a virgin and unmarried woman can only become a member of the Holy Priestesses of Athens, the most coveted of all jobs.

Dress
Like all Athenian Women, Priestesses wear headgear like Kokoshniks or the Babushka. How ever as they are in holy places covered by the Gods many wear their hair tied and uncovered by their babushkas. Priestesses wear white dresses called Ahamdrishas, made of the finest cotten, wool, or silk. It is extremely conservative and must not show cleavage. Priestesses also wear Golden Girdles around their Chest to signify their ranks within their orders.