Strange 'consecrated prostitution' in ancient times

Right from the beginning of the Mesopotamian civilization existed the so-called "consecrated prostitution", where the girls were willing to have sex with any man.

The first human society to be conceived was the Mesopotamian civilization. This is also where prostitution is developed.

In the early 3rd millennium AD, the Sumerians, the first inhabitants of Mesopotamian civilization, worshiped Ishtar. This is a god of love and war, a virgin in the morning, but a 'prostitute' every night.

It was the religious practices in Mesopotamia that facilitated the prostitution business to develop, when the nuns serving Ishtar could "give themselves" to men who contributed money to the temple of gods. Ishtar. People think this is an "honor" for women. This is the reason that Ishtar temples have become centers for reproduction and sex. Monks became nurses and also sexual therapists.

Men from all walks of life can hire these women and return them with donations to the temple they serve. Kings or male monks are allowed to 'communicate' with the nuns in a high position to "bring the harvest and life (people)", to the power of the gods. Typical of this relationship is the goddess Inanna, the goddess of love and war, and her fiancé Damuzi, the god of food and vegetables.

"Consecrated" prostitutes or religious prostitutes stem from the Mesopotamian civilization.

Prostitution, or at least religious prostitution has existed since the beginning of civilization, and entered into some of the first literary works in the world.

In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Harimtu woman is mentioned, the term used by the sixth king of Babylon Humurabi to refer to low-class prostitutes. In the laws of this king, prostitutes still have the right to inherit from their father and are seen with a tolerant attitude.

In Herodotus' writings, in the 5th century AD, there is also a description: "The Babylonians had a custom, which forced all women to sit before them to worship Aphrodite and have sex with them. strangers, no matter how rich and poor that person is, then the men will come over to choose their partners, the woman is not allowed to go home when no one is willing to throw money into the lap her and a relationship with a certain man outside the temple. They are not allowed to deny any man that is a crime. "

Thus, right from the beginning of the Mesopotamian civilization existed the so-called "consecrated prostitution" , where the girls were willing to interact with any man in exchange for a small sum of money, used to "merit" for the temple worshiping the gods.