Sodom and Gomorrah

cities mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and the Qur'an

thumb|287x287px|Men engaging in anal sex, Safavid painting Sodomy (), also called buggery in British English, principally refers to either anal sex (but occasionally also oral sex) between people, or any sexual activity between a human and another animal (bestiality). It may also mean any non-procreative sexual activity (including manual sex). Originally the term sodomy, which is derived from the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Book of Genesis, was commonly restricted to homosexual anal sex. Sodomy laws in many countries criminalized the behavior. In the Western world, many of these laws ha

species of plant

1962 film by Robert Aldrich, Sergio Leone

2009 film by Harold Ramis

1966 film by John Huston

mountain in Israel

Biblical event

1852 painting by John Martin

human settlement

Biblical king of Sodom (Genesis 14)

1922 film by Michael Curtiz

1933 film by James Sibley Watson

idiomatic expression of signs of God's wrath in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and the New Testament.