Pornography in Egyptian mythology
Every civilization has its views and attitudes towards sex and pornography, and ancient Egypt is no different. Ancient Egyptians explore their urges and vices as all other humans do. Now, the Egyptian religious world and its mythological world were full of different characters who had their symbols, powers, and vices. Mythology is used by priests and storytellers to help people and children make sense of the world and teach them what to do and what not to do. But Egyptians were human, and humans like to draw sexual themes and phallus on their papers or their papyrus. Five thousand years makes no difference when it comes to our love of dirty jokes as well.
The ancient Egyptian attitude towards sex.
The ancient Egyptians, far and wide, believed in sexual health, that they were sexual beings, and that sex has to be expressed and exercise. There were very little things they were ashamed of. There are many depictions of ancient Egyptian men and women engaged in sexual acts, either with other people or with dildos and ancient fleshlights.
Virginity was not a big deal to the Egyptians, but sexual relations while one party was married and the other was unmarried was frowned upon and taboo.
Men and women could have sex with each other while they were both unmarried. But they should be at least fiances if they did not want to be shamed. But it wasn't as big of a deal as some other civilizations.
Even though it was illegal and frowned upon, there are many artworks from ancient Egypt that depict bestiality, which is people having sex with animals like lions, crocodiles, or deer.
The Turin Erotic Papyrus
The civilization of ancient Egypt is home to artwork known as The Turin Erotic Papyrus. This shredded up ancient paper is the first-ever depiction of pornography in the entire world. There may have been others that came before, but they are now lost to time.
This papyrus shows a significant number of different sexual positions, fertility symbols, and differently shaped men and women. This erotic art does not do not shy away from human sexuality in the slightest, as it shows genitals and breasts and various sexual acts all over it.
The Turon papyrus was hidden away by Egyptologists from its first discovery in the 1820s. It was unveiled to the world in the 1970s.
Min
Min is an ancient Egyptian god that was dedicated to sex and was a prominent sex symbol in Egyptian religion and mythology. He was often drawn in a painting or as a hieroglyph as a dark-skinned figure who always had an erection. In some pictures, he is holding his erection with one hand, and in other pictures, he has an erection, but his hands are empty. On his head, he wore a golden headdress and a red rope was wrapped around it. The red roped flowed to the ground. It is meant to symbolize sexual strength and sexual energy. If he were holding his erection, then his other hand would be holding a flail over his head, ready to strike. This flail was meant to symbolize his power over the Egyptian people and Pharaoh because of his god status.
MIn had a festival named after him called The Festival of the Departure of Min. This festival happens around the time of the harvest, and people were to play games completely naked in his honor. The Pharaoh was expected to call upon Min when it was time for him to ejaculate or impregnate a child into his wife. Although it is just a rumor, there may have been a ceremony where the Pharaoh had to ejaculate into the Nile to signal the great harvest.
The sexual myths and beliefs of Ancient Egypt
First of all, Egyptians believed that the creation of the world came about because Atum, which was a powerful God because it was the first god ever to exist. Multiple records are stating that the god Atum was both make and female. It was able to bring the world into existence by masturbating. The world came forth from its seed. At the same time as the world, true twin Gods came forth from his seed as well. It's two children were called Shu and Tefnut.
There was also the belief that male fertility and virility were closely linked to the tides and the fertility of the Nile.
Also, in ancient Egyptian official paper paintings personalized art, there are many depictions of homosexual sex and homosexual gods. Ancient Egypt had no qualms about homosexuality, but they still required a person to have a family with and bring forth children. So people could be together as long as they marry the woman who started the family.
In the tombs of Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep, these two men were painted with each other in positions that heterosexual couples were often in. Some archaeologists are claiming that they are siblings, but that doesn't make any sense. They are not depicted as family, but they are drawn as lovers are drawn.
There have also been several pieces of artwork that show Egyptians of all sexualities, women and women, men and women, men and men, performing very sexual encounters with each other. One very famous picture is a drawing of Hatshepsut being penetrated from behind. It is said that this type of artwork was illegal if it was drawn in secret without Hatshepsut's knowing. It was illegal because Hatshepsut was a powerful pharaoh.
Conclusion
Humans have always enjoyed sex in various different forms and in many different ways. And time and technology have not changed that one bit. Today, we talked about pornography in Egyptian mythology, but how many of us have seen paintings, pictures, and animations about pictures of people having sex with each other for our entertainment? As long as human beings live and breathe, we will always desire to engage in sexual activities, and read and watch pornographic content in any medium. And in the future, I am very sure that we will create new mediums to consume pornography. We will also create new symbols and meanings behind different sexual acts. Humans are sexual creatures, and without sex, none of us would be here!