In the historical treatises of Europe, the East and Asia, a lot of information about the intimate life of peoples has been preserved, but little information has been preserved about the love traditions of the Slavs.Ancient scrolls describing their intimate life, for centuries were destroyed by church leaders, but this did not mean that there was no sex in Russia.
The holiday of Ivan Kupala in Russia was accompanied by love games. | |Photo: mtdata.ru.
The intimate life of the Slavs was not very modest. In the pre-Christian era, the love games of boys and girls accompanied virtually any holiday.Historians call the tradition of jumping over a fire on Ivan Kupala erotic fun, because because of the jump skirts of girls invariably bully, denying all intimate places. By the 12th century, monks clearly had a negative attitude towards this tradition, saying that "there is a great fall in the maiden's vacillation for the men and children".
The sowing season of the ancient Slavs. | | Photo: tradicii.com.
Sex invariably accompanied pagan rituals during the sowing season. The girls walked around the fields in the night, naked, to share the power of procreation with Mother Earth. Men, in turn, sowing fields, also often undressed. According to the beliefs, this was the "marriage" between the workers and the land. Well, that the harvest was good for sure, the Slavs were engaged in sex directly on the field or imitated it, rolling back and forth.
The intimate life of the Slavs. | | Photo: i2.guns.ru.
In the VII century there arose the concept of "harlot", but then it did not have a negative connotation. Whores called those girls who are looking for a husband (in tune with the "wander"). Since the 10th century, with the adoption of Christianity, this concept has changed its meaning. Now the harlot from the standpoint of the church is an unmarried girl, devoid of virginity, or a widow who accepts men.
In Russia, the girls were deprived of the virginity of the Magi before the wedding. | | Photo: sauna-nn.ru.
Among the few descriptions of the sexual traditions of the Slavs, there are reports that in the VIII century, the day before the wedding, the Magi were to deprive the bride of virginity in the bath. Prince Svyatoslav in 967 changed this state of affairs, transferring this "duty" to legitimate husbands.
Prince Vladimir I Svyatoslavich. | | Photo: img-fotki.yandex.ru.
Relying on the "Tale of Bygone Years", one can learn that in some places polygamy was practiced in Russia. The Byzantine historian Procopius of Kemari, describing the life of the Eastern Slavs, noted that in one family there could be from two to four wives. The fact of polygamy of Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavich is widely known. Only the official women he had twelve, this, except for 800 concubines.
Confession. S. D. Miloradovich. | | Photo: pravnovosti.ru.
With the strengthening of Christianity in Russia, the topic of sex becomes more taboo. Now they were only allowed to deal with their spouses, and even then in the missionary position. Of course, there were always those who lived "in sin", so people had to tell about all their adventures in confession. Among the manuscripts preserved trebniki, which indicate questions about the intimate life, which was supposed to ask the priest confessing. In punishment for adultery, prayers with numerous bows of 3 to 10 years were relied upon.
The church was forbidden to have sex standing up, because the opportunity to become pregnant in this position was reduced. And this meant that this situation was "not for the sake of childbearing, but for the sake of weakness." Only the "missionary pose" was considered "correct".The reaction of the people to such prohibitions did not take long to wait. In the pre-Petrine era, the popular saying was "Sin - when the feet are up, but lowered - God forgave."
Intimate traditions of the Slavs in Russia. | | Photo: diletant.media.
It is worth noting that in the Slavic tradition, unlike the Indian or Roman, the notion of homosexuality or bestiality was not perceived. Slavs did not differ modesty, but in intimate relations to enter was accepted only by a man with a woman.
