If you're talking about my comparison of Haetera to Awalim and Geisha then you're misunderstanding what Haetera are. Haetera were not Priestesses, they were trained musicians, entertainers and companions. They studied the arts and sciences so as to be good hired guests at parties and social gatherings. If they slept with anyone it was something that they did on the side and had nothing to do with their primary function as conversation starters and entertainers.

If you want to evaluate what the Priestesses of Isis did then you need to break it up by time period. Under Roman occupation the Cult of Isis flourished considerably accross the Empire and managed to hybridize itself as well as ally itself politically with several important figures and groups throughout Roman history. In Egypt proper (pre-Ptolemaic) Isis was called such interesting epithets that it might lead one to speculate that perhaps the Priestesses of Isis did engage in ritual sex acts. Though probably not with the living. (I would love to actually state what they are but I think the words themselves would cause an uproar.)

Hora as a Latin word for hour is correct but the root doesn't stop at the Latin simply because many of our English words do. Latin was greatly impacted by Etruscan, Sabine and Greek (languages/dialects). Greek being the educated language of the Classical period. The "Dance of the Hours" is a Greek metaphor, much of Greek metaphor relates to dance, especially where cosmic bodies are concerned. And as time was measured celestially through the orbits of the stars and the "dance" of the sun across the sky the word hour and the word dance came to be interconnected. (Time is also measured through rhythm.)

So... I am not suggesting that there was an active trade between Classical Japan and Classical Greece, just that there is a similar practice that has occured in three different cultures, possibly completely unrelated to each other. (Though given the proximity I would hazard a guess that there's some connection between Awalim and Haetera but it's an unimportant one.) Not all Priestesses and Goddesses are whores(I can't think of very many who are off the top of my head), not all "Pagan" religions are one religion or even follow a similar precept of concepts. The word Hora and Whore, if they have any connection at all, are certainly not connected in this way.

"Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion," Jane Harrison
"Dance and Ritual Play in Greek Religion," Steven H.Lonsdale
"Origins: Creation Texts from the Ancient Mediterranean," Charles Doria and Harris Lenowitz
"The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook of Ancient Texts," Marvin W. Meyer

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Sure! I found an article that gives pretty much accurate account on Hora.
www.forward.com/articles/12226/
It pretty much sums up the Hebrew articles that I found online. Enjoy!