#fertility god

An Introduction to Priapus. If you haven’t heard of this crazy guy, then allow me to brighten your day. Originally Priapus arose as a minor Greek god of fertility, with his effigies being placed on farms to protect crops from thieves, that’s right, he was an ancient scarecrow. But as you can tell from these depictions, he wasn’t your ordinary scarecrow, for he threatened thieves with his giant red cock.

Later adopted by the Romans he became the center of some spectacularly sexual (and at times violent) poems as collected in the Priapeia (stay tuned for our favorites!)

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