Can someone make story based on this?

[Shendude]

Hi there.

I just finished a book in which a fascinating location is described:

Imagine a massive temple, every inch covered by exquisitely detailed carvings ranging from several feet to small enough to cover with your palm. The carvings display every kind of sexual act imaginable, and some you'd never think of, with every kind of participant possible, and some impossible. Now imagine this temple is part of a whole complex of such temples.

I think that this place holds the germ of some fascinating stories.

Please note that this setting appears only once, for about half a page in the novel (which is Olympos, by Dan Simmons, sequel to Illium. Great books. You should read them) and is never mentioned, referenced again and is of no actual importance to the story, so no copyright infringement or whatever would occur.

 

[Sean Renaud]

actually it is an excellent idea for a story. I would probably write it as a mind control story. You know like eventually unveil that the male (or female) in every picture was the same person and at the center (top, bottom, whatever) of the temple is an artifact that bestows upon the owner some powers of fertility or sex or whatnot.

 

[sirhugs]

or do a 'castaways' bit. Two virgins end up there , alone, no sexual education ( from Utah?).....

 

[Colleen Thomas]

It might also work well for a wholly introspective piece. Perhaps an Archeologist who is trying to catalog the carvings ending up with dreams affected greatly by the last one he/she works on in a day.

 

[Shendude]

actually it is an excellent idea for a story. I would probably write it as a mind control story. You know like eventually unveil that the male (or female) in every picture was the same person and at the center (top, bottom, whatever) of the temple is an artifact that bestows upon the owner some powers of fertility or sex or whatnot.

Well, "every kind of sex act imaginable" kinda indicates that some of 'em will have more than one man or woman or both.

The only one described in any detail had, IIRC, three men, two women, and a horse.

 

[Akito01]

I don't know if this is for real or not, but I've heard of temples in India that are decorated in images based on the Kama Sutra.

There's also an interesting history in what's called 'sacred prostitution', which covers a wide spectrum of activites.

 

[Pyro Paul]

from this you can spawn many things or ideas. the temple is discovered and a tomb raider achilogist (indina jones like) is exploring it. when deep inside, there is a woman. she is the siren of sex. her and the explore have sex in as dipicted on the very walls that surround him, only to die to the curse of the sirens call. having so much sex that it kills him.

or... like one of those modern, god girls unknowing of their past or powers that all of a sudden become simple minded children like women/men that cant say more than a few words. they continue on a relationship before the adventurer finds out, she is really a 6000 year old goddess like being infused with the intellegence of the universe and can cause healitive powers through the acts of sexual intercourse. (wham bamm Your cured!)

the best would probably be another one of a curse of the temple. an achilogist group comes to survay the temple, upon exploring they some how unlock the curse of the temple, the depictions of sex on the walls are not instructions, they are warnings as what you will be doing.. the group then all of a sudden becomes victims to the curse and continualy has sex for days untill they solve the curse and break it... even after then... they will never forget the expidition...

 

[Saucyminx]

Eons ago, i did a term paper on Indian Hindu Temple Architecture. The name of a very similar temple to what you are describing is Khajuraho. It does show just about every type of sex you can think of including multiple partners, a few animals--the whole shebang, pardon the expression.

Here is a link for a look see:
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...5&prev=/images?q=khajuraho&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=

 

[Shendude]

Well, the thing was in India, so I suppose it makes sense.

Although, I pictured it as being much more perverse. (As i recall, mention was made of monkeys, elephants, dogs, horses, and several animals the guy seeing it couldn't recognize). Not that any of that would appear in any such story, sinc eit's against the rules.

Actually, this brings up a point. Can one reference pedo or bestiality, but not actually have it, IE mention some of the carvings have such things, but not go into detail?