Talk:History of zoophilia and bestiality
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sourcing/tagging of article
I'm concerned that, like other articles in this topic area, this article suffers from poor sourcing, original reasearch and/or synthesis issues. I've already removed one source entirely as it was marked as being ultimately sourced from a pro-bestiality internet forum, and removed some passages that don't seem to accurately depict what is in the source material, but I haven't had time to be thorough just yet. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:00, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
Eurocentric
These acts take place elsewhere and are known as part of initiation rituals of African tribes, and formerly some native American ones. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:4C8:1409:90A2:1:2:9309:BDA1 (talk) 08:19, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
- What we would need to add this information is reliable sources that verify it. Beeblebrox (talk) 23:29, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Beeblebrox: Here (#REDIRECT Zoophilia#Historical_and_cultural_perspectives) there are some information with relative sources about Native Americans and Middle East indigenous cultures: "Bestiality has been accepted in a few North American and Middle Eastern indigenous cultures.[1]". In the same page (#REDIRECT Zoophilia#Religious_perspectives there are information about India as well: "There are a few references in Hindu scriptures to religious figures engaging in symbolic sexual activity with animals such as explicit depictions of people having sex with animals included amongst the thousands of sculptures of "Life events" on the exterior of the temple complex at Khajuraho. The depictions are largely symbolic depictions of the sexualization of some animals and are not meant to be taken literally.[2] According to the Hindu tradition of erotic painting and sculpture, having sex with an animal is believed to be actually a human having sex with a god incarnated in the form of an animal.[3] However, in some Hindu scriptures, such as the Bhagavata Purana and the Devi Bhagavata Purana, having sex with animals, especially the cow, leads one to hell, where one is tormented by having one's body rubbed on trees with razor-sharp thorns.[4]", in the page is also attached a 18th-century Indian miniature depicting women practising zoophilia [5]. Attached to the page there are also two Japanese bestiality representation: Hokusai's (1760–1849) The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife[6] and ukiyo-e woodblock print from Utagawa Kunisada's series: "Eight Canine Heroes of the House of Satomi", 1837[7] Digressivo (talk) 02:08, 10 July 2021 (UTC)