Before the Word ABDL: The Earliest Forms of Age-Play

✨ Episode Description:

Long before the term age-play ever existed, ancient cultures were already exploring what it meant to act younger—or older—than we are. In this episode, we trace the earliest expressions of age role-play through ritual, theatre, and art. From Egyptian rebirth ceremonies and Greek Dionysian festivals to medieval Feast of Fools and early erotic literature, we look at how humans have always used imagination, costume, and emotional regression to play with time, innocence, and power.

We’ll also take a careful look at the first documented erotic interpretations of age role-play among consenting adults—how they appeared in early modern societies, and how ideas about vulnerability, caretaking, and desire evolved across history.

Blending anthropology, psychology, and cultural history, this episode invites listeners to see age-play not just as a modern kink, but as part of a much older human impulse to explore identity, intimacy, and transformation through play.

🎙️ Tune in to explore the origins of regression, the art of playacting age, and the timeless dance between power, care, and imagination.