Priestesses would oversee the flagellation of young men. During the ninth century, a religious cult in Sparta dedicated to the goddess Artemis Orthia used whipping as an initiation rite. In her book, Anne Nomis mentions ritual flagellation in ancient Greece. We tend to think of ancient Greece and Rome as major sources of modern Western philosophy, politics, science and art. Flagellation and Flogging Abounded in Ancient Greece and Rome This just goes to show stories that enthralled ancient peoples still titillate us today. I was introduced to this myth during a live kinbaku performance - a woman dressed as Innana was tied up by a rigger dressed as Ereshkigal, queen of the underworld and Inanna’s older sister. One hymn about Inanna mentions acts like cross dressing, altered states of consciousness, and rituals "imbued with pain and ecstasy.” She whipped her subjects as they danced for her, enticing them into sexual frenzies.
She forced men to bow to her in submission. Goddess of passion, fertility and warfare, many myths involve her triumphantly invading the domains of other deities. Some of the very first stories ever put into writing involve sexual acts of dominance and submission, mainly concerning a powerful goddess named Inanna.Īnne Nomis, author of "The History & Arts of the Dominatrix," describes cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia depicting ritual fetishization in worship of Inanna (also called Ishtar), the region’s main female deity. Dating back over 12,000 years, it was where cities, writing and the wheel were invented. Mesopotamia, located in and around modern-day Iraq, was humanity’s first advanced civilization. The Mesopotamian Goddess Who Dominated All With Her Whip
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