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Sacred Prostitution in THE ANCIENT WORLD
In Service
OF THE GODS
SHAMHAT UNFASTENED THE CLOTH OF HER LOINS, SHE BARED HER SEX AND HE TOOK IN HER CHARMS. SHE DID NOT RECOIL, SHE TOOK IN HIS SCENT SHE SPREAD HER CLOTHING AND HE LAY UPON HER. SHE DID FOR THE MAN THE WORK OF A WOMAN, HIS PASSION CARESSED AND EMBRACED HER. FOR SIX DAYS
AND SEVEN NIGHTS ENKIDU WAS ERECT,
AS HE COUPLED WITH SHAMHAT.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
