We have all heard of dominatrix and I am sure there are a lot of you reading this that enjoy being dominant, but do you know where, when and how it started? Well then this is the blog for you.
The history of dominatrix dates back to the goddess Ishtar in ancient Iraq/Mesopotamia around 4000 BCE. Archaeologists have found ancient cuneiform texts called "Hymns to Inanna", which are the archetype of the powerful, sexual female energy, dominating behaviors and submitting gods and men to her will.
In Sparta the goddess Artemis Orthia was worshiped, as she was a goddess of the hunt, wilderness, wild animals, childbirth. Young men who came to her temple and tried to steal cheese from the temple altar, when they got caught the priestesses in the temple would whip the men. Whichever man could take the most whippping became the winner. as was respected by the other men.
In Pompeii, a "Whipstress" was found on a fresco in the villa of mysteries. A young lady was being punish by a Whipstress. The Whipstress wears a set of wings and brings down a powerful stroke on the young lady.
Due to the monotheistic, patriarchal religions going through a violenty suppression, they started to force female to submit to men. However even though this movement was very powerful it never fully stopped people worshipping dominant women.
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