Priapus

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P0552000 (prī-ā′pəs)n.1. Priapus Greek & Roman Mythology The god of procreation, guardian of gardens and vineyards, and personification of the erect phallus.2. An image of this god, often used as a scarecrow in ancient gardens.3. A representation of a phallus.

[Latin Priāpus, from Greek Priāpos.]

Priapus

(praɪˈeɪpəs) n1. (Classical Myth & Legend) (in classical antiquity) the god of the male procreative power and of gardens and vineyards2. (often not capital) a representation of the penis

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n. 1. an ancient Greek god of male procreative power. 2. (l.c.) phallus.

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Priapus - (classical mythology) god of male procreative power and guardian of gardens and vineyardsclassical mythology - the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks

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Priapus

(prīā`pəs), in Greek religion, fertility god of gardens and herds; son of Aphrodite and Dionysus. He was represented as a grotesque little man with an enormous phallus. Priapus was important in fertility rites.

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In Greek mythology, Priapus was a faunlike creature with an erect phallus. A son of Aphrodite, he ensured the fecundity of crops, animals, and humans. He also presided over the vine, bees, and fishing. While still in Aphrodite's womb, he was cursed by Hera, who had been offended by Aphrodite's pregnancy. Hera cursed Priapus with large, ugly features, including an enormous, always-erect penis. Aphrodite found her son so hideous that she abandoned him to the care of shepherds.

In some modern traditions of Wicca, a phallic, or priapic, wand is used in rites. The priapic wand is carved like a penis, or it may be tipped with a pine cone to represent the organ of fertility. In Witchcraft, the ends of the handles of broomsticks, pitchforks, and riding poles were frequently carved to represent a phallus. These were ridden, like hobby-horses, between the legs, in rites associated with bringing fertility to the fields.

(See also Phallic Worship.)

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in ancient religion, a fertility divinity originating in Asia Minor. He was considered the protector of vineyards and orchards. Sacrifices of grains, milk, and honey were made to him.

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son of Aphrodite and Dionysus; grotesque man with huge phallus. [Gk. Myth.: Howe, 233]See: Deformity

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monstrous genitals led him on the wayward path. [Rom. Myth.: Hall, 252]See: Lust

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male generative power personified. [Gk. Myth.: Espy, 27, 224]See: Virility

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(pē'nis, pē'nēz, pē'nis-ez), [TA] The organ of copulation and urination in the male; formed of three columns of erectile tissue, two arranged laterally on the dorsum (corpora cavernosa penis) and one median ventrally (corpus spongiosum penis); the urethra traverses the latter; the extremity (glans penis) is formed by an expansion of the corpus spongiosum and is more or less completely covered by a free fold of skin (prepuce). Synonym(s): intromittent organ, membrum virile, phallus (2) , priapus, virga [L. tail]

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noun (classical mythology) god of male procreative power and guardian of gardens and vineyards

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