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bestiality
(redirected from zooerasty)

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bestiality
sexual activity between a person and an animal

Bestiality
See also Perversion.
Asterius
Minotaur born to Pasiphaë and Cretan Bull. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 34]
Leda
raped by Zeus in form of swan. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 149]
Lucius
transformed into ass, makes love with harlot. [Rom. Lit.: The Golden Ass]
Pasiphaë
positioned inside hollow cow, consummates lust for bull. [Gk. Myth.: Hall, 234; Gk. Lit.: Imagines 1:16]
Zeus
in form of a swan, seduces and impregnates Leda. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 149]


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Whereas these definitions are useful for studies of people currently involved in animal relationships and those who can be interviewed, they are not so useful for historical study of such activity, which tends to be confused by use of such terminology as sodomy, unnatural acts, and zooerasty.
 
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