Difference between revisions of "Priapus"
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_56483" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_56483" /> == | ||
<p> in | <p> in Greek mythology, was the son of [[Bacchus]] and Venus. The angry [[Juno]] touched the body of the pregnant [[Venus]] so that she gave birth to a hideous child with unnaturally large genital organs. The older writers do not know him. He was worshipped as the god of country fruitfulness, and his statues were placed in gardens. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78422" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78422" /> == | ||
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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]
in Greek mythology, was the son of Bacchus and Venus. The angry Juno touched the body of the pregnant Venus so that she gave birth to a hideous child with unnaturally large genital organs. The older writers do not know him. He was worshipped as the god of country fruitfulness, and his statues were placed in gardens.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
An ancient deity, the personification of the generating or fructifying power, and worshipped as the protector of flocks of sheep and goats, of bees, of the vine and other garden products; a worship known as the Priapus worship prevailed extensively all over the East.
