4,000 years ago, Mesopotamian king Iddin-Dagan engaged in a massive public event to bring fertility to the land, culminating in his public copulation with a temple priestess.
Most people have heard of Zeus, Odin, or Jupiter, but not many have heard of Marduk. Born to the mother and father of all Babylonian gods, Marduk clawed his way to the top becoming the head of the Babylonian Pantheon.