{"id":529,"date":"2007-10-11T18:12:58","date_gmt":"2007-10-11T08:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.msnaughty.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/11\/kushiels-tattoos\/"},"modified":"2007-10-11T18:12:58","modified_gmt":"2007-10-11T08:12:58","slug":"kushiels-tattoos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/msnaughty.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/11\/kushiels-tattoos\/","title":{"rendered":"Kushiel’s Tattoos"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TattoosI’m re-reading one of my favorite books at the moment: Kushiel’s Dart<\/a>. It’s a fantasy novel set in an alternative Renaissance Europe – one with a different history and set of religions. The cool part is that on top of all the swashbuckling adventure, intrigue and romance, there’s lashings of down-and-dirty BDSM sex. The heroine is a courtesan and an anguissette<\/em> – one who experiences pain as pleasure. Thus the story is often punctuated by lushly described acts of flagellation, subservience, bondage and rough sex. <\/p>\n

More fun than your average dungeons and dragons fantasy, I have to say.<\/p>\n

The basic moral code of the main religion in this book is “Love as thou wilt” – a very pagan philosophy. This means that homosexuality and kink are considered to be normal, and \"Kushiel's<\/a>prostitution is a holy act. Those who serve the goddess with sex are often marked with tattoos on their backs as a sign of their service.<\/p>\n

Clearly I’m not the only fan of her work. Jacqueline’s site features a special gallery with photos of fan’s Kushiel-inspired tattoos<\/a>. Amazing stuff, indicative of the kind of passion a lot of people have for these books.<\/p>\n

Author Jacqueline Carey has since written four sequels to Kushiel’s Dart<\/a>, and I’m rereading the original trilogy prior to delving into the second one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m re-reading one of my favorite books at the moment: Kushiel’s Dart. It’s a fantasy novel set in an alternative Renaissance Europe – one with a different history and set of religions. The cool part is that on top of all the swashbuckling adventure, intrigue and romance, there’s lashings of down-and-dirty BDSM sex. The heroine is a courtesan and an anguissette – one who experiences pain as pleasure. Thus the Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,13],"tags":[138,779],"class_list":["post-529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-erotic-fiction","category-popular-culture","tag-books","tag-tattoos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t