The Greek historian, Herodotus, wrote he encountered being told by priests and scribes of the Egyptians and Hellenes that the Medesians (of Egypt) hold Pan to be one of the eight gods, …show more content…
Furthermore, Herodotus goes on and states,
As previously mentioned in Part II, the Menat and the Typhonians are described by Herodotus and Diodorus in relating to this subject saying,
Prevalently, due to the ceaseless sexual corruption with “strange rites” of goat worship, vast numbers of people became plagued with diseases. As a result, the dominant engagement with goats, led to a diminishment of devotion toward Egypt’s other gods. (Allegedly some historians blame the Jews along with numerous other foreigners in Egypt, for contaminating areas with various diseases. ) Moreover, the likelihood that primitive intercourse with animals started the early mutation of venereal diseases, including gonorrhea, sores, ulcers, and ‘rotting’ of the genitals becomes apparent when reading descriptions by the ancient Egyptians; whether or not there were syphilis is debatable.
Substantially, the ancient act of bestiality becomes referenced in an earlier form, by the popular “Professor on Sex,” Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer; which