Lust 50024 225666326 2008-07-14T20:25:19Z IceUnshattered 5056992 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/64.21.144.174|64.21.144.174]] to last version by 82.95.236.223 (using [[WP:HG|Huggle]]) {{POV|date=April 2008}} {{worldwide}} {{Refimprove|date=March 2008}} [[Image:Daemon.JPG|right|250px|thumb|A demon sating his lust in a 13th century manuscript]] '''Lust''' is any intense desire or craving for gratification and excitement. Lust can mean strictly sexual lust, although it is also common to speak of a ''"lust for men"'', ''"lust for blood (bloodlust'' for short'')"'' or a ''"lust for power"'', or other goals and to "lust for love". The Greek word which translates as lust is ''epithymia'' (επιθυμια), which also is translated into English as "to [[Greed|covet]]". ===Christianity=== In [[Dante]]'s ''Inferno'', the first Canticle of the ''[[Divine Comedy]]'', the lustful are punished by being continuously swept around in a whirlwind, which symbolizes their passions. ===Repentance in Purgatory=== According to [[The Divine Comedy]], penitents who are guilty of lust cleanse their soul of the sin by walking through flames, thereby purging their minds of all lustful thoughts.{{Fact|date=April 2008}} ===Judaism=== According to traditional Judaism, nothing on Earth was created without a purpose. This includes basic human drives. Lust is only sinful when it is after another man's possessions or wife. Lust is not only not sinful, but a [[mitzvah]], when one lusts after their spouse. ===Symbolic representations=== A frequent visual symbol for the sin of lust is the color [[blue]], as with the cover of the book [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0195162005/ ''Lust''] in The Seven Deadly Sins series published by the [[Oxford University Press]]. Another symbol of lust is the animal [[cow]] (or bull). An example of this appears in the engraving [http://search.famsf.org:8080/view.shtml?keywords=&artist=%70%65%6E%63%7A&country=&period=&sort=&start=1&position=9&record=52828 ''Shamelessness''] <ref name="shamelessness">[http://books.google.com/books?id=54Yq5JZGRrcC&pg=PA353&lpg=PA353&dq=ego+vemis&source=web&ots=AUhpu81ZMG&sig=KDvW0hMTo8dvBOWHKYOMV2O_pwI#PPA352,M1 A. von Bartsch, J. Heller, and R. Weigel, ''Le peintre graveur,'' vol. 8, ed. J. A. Barth (Leipzig, 1866).] see the "L'impudicité" heading.</ref> by the 16th century artist [[Georg Pencz]].{{Fact|date=September 2007}} Also, lust can be seen in the eponymous Eighth ATU in the [[Thoth Tarot]] card of [[Aleister Crowley]]. ==See also== *[[Physical attractiveness]] *[[Sexual attraction]] *[[Kam]] ==References== {{reflist}} * Froböse, Gabriele, Rolf Froböse, and Michael Gross (translator). [http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Books/0854048677.asp ''Lust and Love: Is it more than Chemistry?''] Royal Society of Chemistry, 2006. ISBN 0-85404-867-7. ==External links== *[http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_1672463.html "The Seven Deadly Sins: Lust"] [[NPR|National Public Radio]] feature *[http://www.crosswalk.com/1245943/ "A New Look at Lust: The Secular View"] {{Emotion-footer}} [[Category:Sexual emotions]] [[Category:Human sexuality]] [[Category:Personal life]] [[Category:Vice]] [[da:Begær]] [[de:Wollust]] [[es:Lujuria]] [[fr:Luxure]] [[ko:성욕]] [[he:תשוקה]] [[it:Lussuria]] [[lt:Godumas]] [[nl:Onkuisheid]] [[ja:性欲]] [[no:Lyst]] [[pl:Pożądanie]] [[pt:Luxúria (pecado)]] [[ru:Половое влечение]] [[simple:Lust]] [[uk:Хтивість]] [[yi:גלוסט]] [[zh:性欲]]