Fun Fact Friday - Kissing the Devil's Anus

Today, I thought about finding a fun liver fact. Turns out, livers are not as fun as I thought they would be. I did find this odd picture of junk food people assaulting a liver person:

The internet is a strange place. But I digress. My failure to find fun facts about livers led me to philematology, the study of kissing. Fun opinion: There are a lot more fun facts about kissing than there are about livers.

Fun fact: In the middle ages, it was alleged that witches greeted the devil by kissing his anus.

They even gave the witch/devil ass kissing a fancy Latin name, osculum infame. For those of you who don't speak the Latin, osculum infame translates to "kiss of shame." Really? My money was on rim job.

Rim job or not, the ritual has been alternately described as the way the devil was able to seduce witches, how witches paid homage to the devil, or some part of an initiation process. While I have not made up my mind which explanation I enjoy the most, I did enjoy the lovely depiction I found of the event.

According to folklore, the anus kissing was followed by a feast. I can't decide if that's better or worse or than feasting beforehand. Or before ass, as the case may be.