The Pear of Anguish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This fruity little tool originated in medieval Spain- home of the Inquisition!
Are you trying to imagine what it does?
This fruity little tool originated in medieval Spain- home of the Inquisition!
Are you trying to imagine what it does?
Salzburg Fortress Torture Museum.
These versatile instruments could be inserted into the mouth!!! rectum!!! or vagina!!! of the accused and then expanded in the cavity causing pain (duh) and irrevocable internal damage.
The orifice on the receiving end of the device was symbolic of the offense- heretics and liars got the oral pear, passive male homosexuals got the anal pear and women who were considered "witches" or committed such atrocities as having a miscarriage got the vaginal pear.
Added Bonus: Some pears featured sharp prongs for EXTRA throat and cervix mutilation:
Siena Museum of Torture.
Venice, Late 1500's.
For some reason, a lot of care went into beautifying The Pear of Anguish with intricate embellishments. Well, I guess if I'm going to get a horribly cruel metal object shoved into one of my cavities, it would be nice if it was a work of art!!!!!
9 comments:
Aaaaaah!
I...see.
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Ouch and ouch!!!
This blog is brill, keep it coming!!
The things people create never cease to amaze me.
Imagination is a very important element in torture i believe. Perhaps this tool was ornated in order to strengthen it's impact on the psyche.
Medieval torture devices can be pleasurable to fantasize about (the pain they may have caused, the situations they were used in, etc.) to some, it's a fairly popular entertainment ( see also "the beauty of death we all adore" ), partly because they're considered to be requsites of a dark, overcome era. So there are two things one might wonder: 1.were these instruments really effective in a way a tool should be? 2. Is the human purpose, the intention, or the delicate execution of these antique torture devices really things of the past?
wendyb- Are you getting jewelery inspiration from these?
Wretzky- You seem like a kinky sort of guy.....
I don't want you to get the wrong impression: i'm not into torture at all. Neither antique, nor contemporary.
Holy crap, you have got to be kidding! Have you seen SAW??
cool beans man!!! this is wickedly sweet and awesome...keep it coming:)
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