Sodomy, also called buggery in British English, principally refers to either anal sex between people, or any sexual activity between a human and another animal. It may also mean any non-procreative se
The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, John Martin, 1852
François Elluin, Sodomites provoking the wrath of God, from Le Pot-Pourri de Loth, 1781
Dante and Virgil interview the sodomites, from Guido da Pisa [it]'s commentary on the Commedia, c. 1345
Monks accused of sodomy burned at the stake, Ghent 1578
Several passages in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament have been interpreted as addressing same-sex sexual activity and relationships. Traditionally understood as prohibitions against homosexualit
Lot prevents Sodomites from raping the angels, by Heinrich Aldegrever, 1555