Some nature lovers take their passion to the next level.
The beauty and awe most of us experience in nature has an erotic, sensual or sexual element. Nature fetishes may be generalized, where a person experiences amplified arousal and pleasure when camping, walking in the woods, floating in a pond, or gardening.
As is common with fetishes, a nature fetish may be very specific. Someone may be wildly attracted to trees or rain, but not experience the same intensity sexually with mountains or beaches.
Let’s take a tour of some nature kinks and outdoor fetishes.
16 Fetishes of the Natural World
1. Tree Fetish (Dendrophilia)
Many of us feel a deep connection with plants, especially to trees. For some, that passion is not platonic but is sexual. Dendrophilia, a common nature fetish, is sexual attraction to trees or the experience of sexual and emotional pleasure from trees.
2. Water Fetish (Aquaphilia)
Aquaphilia, or love of water, is a generalized term for water fetishes. For some, this is more about watching people swimming and modeling various swimwear, which many share, judging by the longstanding popularity of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition and bikini babes from Brazil to California.
For some, this nature fetish is about watching other bodies in ponds, rivers, oceans, or streams, or personal immersion in these bodies of water. Some experience aquaphilia from the enjoyment of the sensation of rapids, waves, or water trickling over their nipples, buttocks, and genitalia.
Read: Water Fetish: 10 Ideas for Aquaphilia Fun
3. Fog Fetish (Nebulophilia)
Nebulophilia is sexual arousal and pleasure from fog!
This is a nature fetish that can include smoke from volcanos or forest fires as well.
Read: Fire Fetish: 4 Ways to Play with Fire
4. Thunder and Lightning Fetish (Brontophilia)
Brontophilia means love of thunderstorms. Some people get sexually aroused when a storm rolls in. It is quite common during thunder and lightning to get horny! While this nature fetish could be from the power and awe we feel when it thunders, for some the intensity and fear trigger a sexual response.
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5. Sunshine Fetish (Actirasty)
The vast majority of people feel like they are “coming alive” again in the spring when the sun returns. And many feel the “spring fever” where their sexual desire revs up and they feel like “an animal in heat” come April or May.
Actirasty is a nature fetish where people feel sexual arousal and pleasure from sunshine. The warm caress of the sun on the skin, the more intense heat where it feels like burning, all the sun sensations feel remarkably close to lust in general.
The sun does promote physiological responses like hormone production and neurotransmitter increases, processes important for feeling good. Add this to a personal preference for sun worship and voila! Hot hot hot!
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6. Dirt and Dirty Fetish (Salirophilia)
Salirophilia is love of dirt and filth. This can be a nature fetish, getting dirty in the garden, mud wrestling, and much more!
Read: Salirophilia: Seriously Dirty Kinks and Fetishes
7. Outdoor Sex Fetish
Outdoor sex kinks can be about public sex or sex where you can be discovered, but for some, it is a nature fetish. Doing it in the concrete jungle doesn’t cut it. It has to be in the ocean, under the stars, or while picking blueberries surrounded by the forest and rocks.
Read: Best Places for Kinky Outdoor Sex
8. Primal Fetish
The primal fetish is a nature fetish that is like the kink version of the paleo diet. Primal kink is all about going back to our true nature and exploring our animal sexuality. It’s not just about doing it outside, but about hunting, panting, scratching, biting, circling, and more.
The primal fetish views dominance and submission as natural, not something you need whips and latex for. BDSM comes from these very natural passions. It is not as simple as me Tarzan you Jane when it comes to domination and submission, because power comes in different ways and the woman is the ultimate prize and power, even if she is not as ferocious in terms of brute strength.
Read: Primal Fetish: What Is a Primal Kink?
9. Insect Fetish (Formicophilia)
Formicophilia is a nature fetish where some people experience sexual arousal watching insects swarm, feeling them crawling over their bodies, or otherwise engaging with insects.
Read: Formicophilia: Insect Fetishes and Bug Kinks
10. Bee and Wasp Fetish (Melissophilia)
Perhaps the dizzy thrill of danger drives melissophilia. Some people are excited sexually by bees and wasps. There is the intimacy of physical penetration in the bee’s terrible sting. Bees are an ancient symbol of fertility in some cultures.
11. Fish Fetish (Ichthyophilia)
Many people adore fish, and fish love is the meaning of ichthyophilia. We may enjoy fishing, eating fish, sushi, or watching the beauty of fish in an aquarium. Fish are common tattoos and popular as an art subject.
Some people take fish love to the next level and experience sexual attraction or arousal. There are various images that are suggestive or porn featuring scantily clad or nude beauties holding fish, fishing, or with fish as props in other ways.
This nature fetish is not always a nature fetish. Fish love can be specific to mermaid love, which is fantasy and can be all about cosplay and elaborate decoration. There are fetish costumes that are fish like latex dresses and mermaid tails.
Read: Clothing Fetish: Fabric, Clothing, and Costume Kinks
12. Octopus and Tentacle Fetish
The amazing cephalopod can be part of a nature fetish. Octopus love, or fantasies about an octopus tentacle penetrating a woman is more often art and anime based. It has been a common subject of erotic art in Japanese style art history, and now in tentacle porn.
Read: Tentacle Porn: A Kink for Octopus Tentacles
13. Zoophilia
Zoophilia or bestiality is a nature fetish that means sexual attraction to animals. It’s illegal and unethical because animal consent is impossible.
Many people are curious about animal sexuality or enjoy the power and beauty of our animal friends. It can be erotic and natural to love animals as part of the world’s beauty, but taking it further is a major don’t.
Read: Impossible Kinks and Fantasy Fetishes
14. Animal Roleplay
Animal roleplay is a fun and erotic way to experience animal spirits and relax by changing personas. We anthropomorphize in fantasy and mythology quite often, and powerful figures from myth and folklore like the minotaur blend animal and human.
Read: Pet Play: All About Animal Roleplay
15. Ecosexuality
Ecosexuality is a movement of radical green or environmentalism movement where proponents view the earth as their lover, not their mother. In addition to green activism, they may believe interaction with nature is an erotic act.
16. Nudism and Naturism
Nudists and naturists love being naked and work hard to advocate for the personal freedom to be naked and promote the benefits of being naked, such as relaxation, exercise, being outside, and soaking up Vitamin D. It is a non-sexual movement that views the body as natural and not taboo or sexual in and of itself.
Being naked is the natural state, not just for sex. They want the freedom to be naked and not viewed in the same way as exhibitionists or others who non-consensually expose themselves.
Some naturists have holistic views about sexuality and nature that they may share with ecosexuals, that being naked in the outdoor environment is erotic, as well as natural.
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