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Yet more bound male goodness from the Volsungasaga, although I don’t remember this scene, actually. devotedsub: Brunhilde Observing Gunther Whom She Has Tied To The Ceiling ~ John Henry Fuseli

Yet more bound male goodness from the Volsungasaga, although I don’t remember this scene, actually.

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Brunhilde Observing Gunther Whom She Has Tied To The Ceiling ~ John Henry Fuseli

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1819.  One of the most famous male-sub paintings of all time… devotedsub: touchoflavender: The Torture of Prometheus ~ Jean Louis Cesar Lair

1819.  One of the most famous male-sub paintings of all time…

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The Torture of Prometheus ~ Jean Louis Cesar Lair

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It’s like this: Sigmund and his nine brothers have been betrayed by Siggeir.  He has left them bound outside to die slowly.   Every night, Siggeir’s mother turns into a wolf and eats one of the brothers, until only Sigmund is left.  But Signy (Siggeir’s wife) falls in love with Sigmund and decides to save him.  She has face smeared with honey, so when the werewolf comes that night, the wolf starts to lick the honey and Sigmund bites her tongue.  In the ensuing fight, the wolf claws through Sigmund’s bindings, and he then overpowers her and kills her. Right. This story is from the ancient Völsungasaga, and the scene above appears on early English coins, as well as throughout Germanic countries.

It’s like this:

Sigmund and his nine brothers have been betrayed by Siggeir.  He has left them bound outside to die slowly.   Every night, Siggeir’s mother turns into a wolf and eats one of the brothers, until only Sigmund is left.  But Signy (Siggeir’s wife) falls in love with Sigmund and decides to save him.  She has face smeared with honey, so when the werewolf comes that night, the wolf starts to lick the honey and Sigmund bites her tongue.  In the ensuing fight, the wolf claws through Sigmund’s bindings, and he then overpowers her and kills her.

Right.

This story is from the ancient Völsungasaga, and the scene above appears on early English coins, as well as throughout Germanic countries.

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Oooo, blood and dragons!  Another two-for-one. This is from Michael Manning’s version of the Nieblungenlied.  Manning is probably better known to readers of this blog as a famous pen-and-ink fetish pornographer.  Sigurd is making himself invulnerable using the famous dragon’s-blood-body-wash technique.

Oooo, blood and dragons!  Another two-for-one.

This is from Michael Manning’s version of the Nieblungenlied.  Manning is probably better known to readers of this blog as a famous pen-and-ink fetish pornographer.  Sigurd is making himself invulnerable using the famous dragon’s-blood-body-wash technique.

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Andromeda, who we’ve seen before, is sort of the ur-example of the dragon sacrifice in the west.  Although her problem is actually a sea monster, strictly speaking. While her peril-bondage scenario is always dark/erotic, Picou really takes it up a notch. ricp: msbehavoyeur Henri-Pierre PicouAndromeda Chained to a Rock, 1874

Andromeda, who we’ve seen before, is sort of the ur-example of the dragon sacrifice in the west.  Although her problem is actually a sea monster, strictly speaking.

While her peril-bondage scenario is always dark/erotic, Picou really takes it up a notch.

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Henri-Pierre Picou
Andromeda Chained to a Rock, 1874

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The little-known 13th task of Heracles: getting turned to stone and forced to put up with tourists.

The little-known 13th task of Heracles: getting turned to stone and forced to put up with tourists.

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Pygmalion and Galatea, Gerome, c1890. The “statue fetish” or agalamatophilia, dates back to at least the story of Pygmalion from ancient Greece.  In fact, lots of the many Greek transformation stories (Syrinx, Medua, etc.) have similar themes. Agalamatophilia is sort of a catch-all for a number of fetishes that might have pretty different valences.  Pygmalion thinks his statue is hot, and wants it to be a real woman.  Medusa turns people into stone statues, which has a strong appeal to bondage and objectification kinks, as well as hard-media fetishes. 

Pygmalion and Galatea, Gerome, c1890.

The “statue fetish” or agalamatophilia, dates back to at least the story of Pygmalion from ancient Greece.  In fact, lots of the many Greek transformation stories (Syrinx, Medua, etc.) have similar themes.

Agalamatophilia is sort of a catch-all for a number of fetishes that might have pretty different valences.  Pygmalion thinks his statue is hot, and wants it to be a real woman.  Medusa turns people into stone statues, which has a strong appeal to bondage and objectification kinks, as well as hard-media fetishes. 

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This Florentine version of Leda and the Swan is now—thanks to the whims of the British Empire—in the Scindia Museum in Gwailor, India.  They describe it as “Leda having her way with the swan”, although I’ve always thought of the story the other way around. Leda was one of the most common subjects for Renaissance erotica, and one of the most confusing.  I mean, swans…not really…don’t have much of a….you see where I’m going with this?  But she looks pretty happy.  And check out the fabric and hair! Unfortunately, I don’t know the sculptor.

This Florentine version of Leda and the Swan is now—thanks to the whims of the British Empire—in the Scindia Museum in Gwailor, India.  They describe it as “Leda having her way with the swan”, although I’ve always thought of the story the other way around.

Leda was one of the most common subjects for Renaissance erotica, and one of the most confusing.  I mean, swans…not really…don’t have much of a….you see where I’m going with this?  But she looks pretty happy.  And check out the fabric and hair!

Unfortunately, I don’t know the sculptor.

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This is too funny….. OK, this is only sort of a theme.  With the exception of the Gorgons and basilisks, I love seeing faces and facial expressions, an arena that porn is usually very short on.  We’ve already looked at anxiety and crying; here is a hodgepodge of glee, humiliation, serene obedience, inner-turmoil-obedience, and so forth. (Quick: We all know Medusa.  Who can name the other two Gorgons without checking Wikipedia?) ireensarrows: wendyblackheart: curvaceousdee: That’s one sassy Medusa! Artwork by Joe Randel. Via ilovepinups, samuraifrog, vovat, raurublock, YJpnK.jpg.

This is too funny…..

OK, this is only sort of a theme.  With the exception of the Gorgons and basilisks, I love seeing faces and facial expressions, an arena that porn is usually very short on.  We’ve already looked at anxiety and crying; here is a hodgepodge of glee, humiliation, serene obedience, inner-turmoil-obedience, and so forth.

(Quick: We all know Medusa.  Who can name the other two Gorgons without checking Wikipedia?)

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That’s one sassy Medusa!

Artwork by Joe Randel.

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Andromeda Chained to the Rock by the Nereids, 1840, Theodore Chasseriau (digital restoration by Brian Yoder) I think this picture shows a lot of influence from contemporary slave imagery: her hopeless expression, the chains everywhere, and (for me the sexiest part) the impassive gazes of the nereids binding her to be sacrificed.  We don’t see her at the point of being rescued, but at the moment where she hears the chains being locked. But, once again, she’s white.  (Greek, in fact!)

Andromeda Chained to the Rock by the Nereids, 1840, Theodore Chasseriau (digital restoration by Brian Yoder)

I think this picture shows a lot of influence from contemporary slave imagery: her hopeless expression, the chains everywhere, and (for me the sexiest part) the impassive gazes of the nereids binding her to be sacrificed.  We don’t see her at the point of being rescued, but at the moment where she hears the chains being locked.

But, once again, she’s white.  (Greek, in fact!)

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