Re: zoosexual cave art?

Gregory G. Stapleton (gregsta@cybernetics.net)
Wed, 24 May 1995 22:58:58 +1000

In article <3phs2e$iaq@infa.central.susx.ac.uk> sefa4@central.susx.ac.uk (Richard Price) writes:
>From: sefa4@central.susx.ac.uk (Richard Price)
>Subject: Re: zoosexual cave art?
>Date: 19 May 1995 10:31:42 GMT

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>I realise that this doesn't relate specifically (or at all ) to cave art
>but "zoosexual" activities are mentioned in references to the
>enthronement of Irish High Kings (I think at Tara) when the new high
>king was supposed to copulate with a mare,the horse presumably being
>some form of totem and taboo animal.There are<i asume,other rites of
>this type to be found around the worls and one might assume their
>antiquity to be substantial.

>Richard Price.

I've also noticed, in Pre-Columbian art of the Olmecs, images of women mating
with Jaguars. This art is found at temple sites and I've often wondered if
there was an actual rite where this was really practiced.

Gregory Stapleton