Category:Priapus

**Priapus**
	ancient Greek deity
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Instance of	mythological Greek character; fertility deity;
Different from	Phales;
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English: Priapus was the rustic god of the bounty of the vegetable garden. He was also honoured as the protector of sheep, goats, bees, the vine and of all garden produce. Priapus was depicted as a dwarfish man with a huge penis, which symbolized garden fertility. His head was crowned with a peaked Phrygian cap, belying his origin as a god native to the Mysian city of Lampsakos on the Hellespont. His cult was introduced into Greece and Italy, where his mythology were reinterpreted in Greek terms. Primitive statues of the god were traditionally set-up in vegetable plots to promote fertility with the added benefit of functioning as a type of "scarecrow" scaring away birds. The Greeks naturally described the god as the son of one of the phallic gods — either Hermes or Dionysus. His mother was usually Aphrodite.

See also: Fascinum, Aphroditus, Hermai and Min.

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Cowsucking.jpg 1,060 × 394; 57 KB
Dionysos El Jem mosaique.jpg 3,072 × 2,304; 3.06 MB
Fresco of the fertility god Priapus, House of the Vettii, Pompeii.jpg 3,624 × 5,319; 10.74 MB
Jewel exhibition, Hermitage Amsterdam pic26.JPG 1,219 × 1,532; 897 KB
Lyon 1er - Musée des Beaux-Arts - Exposition Poussin et l'amour - La Naissance de Priape.jpg 1,582 × 969; 754 KB
Mosaique El Jem Dionysos.jpg 3,072 × 2,304; 3.07 MB
Offering to Priapus, by Claude Michel (Getty 103RQD).jpg 6,769 × 9,000; 11.83 MB
Terakota Prijapa Vranj.jpg 2,448 × 3,264; 4.09 MB
Triumph of Priapus dli 165005521 cor.tif 3,702 × 5,386; 57.07 MB
Vaso Torrita (sec. I a.C.) - Museo archeologico, Firenze - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto. 12 Jan 2018 - 01.jpg 2,496 × 4,160; 1,018 KB
Vaso Torrita (sec. I a.C.) - Museo archeologico, Firenze - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto. 12 Jan 2018 - 04.jpg 2,496 × 4,160; 734 KB
Vrouwen brengen offer aan Priapus, RP-P-OB-1867.jpg 4,598 × 4,036; 4.32 MB
Priapus.ogg 11 min 33 s; 7.11 MB
Сучасне зображення Пріапа.jpg 3,472 × 3,472; 2.03 MB

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