A statue, image, or icon, often used in religious practices, where the male genitals are greatly exaggerated. This was done in early forms of worship of the powers of generation and of the male God. It is named after the image of a phallus that was carried in ancient Rome during a procession for the holiday of the Bacchanalia. Also a term for hymns dedicated to the god Bacchus.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Alice Markham-Cantor, author of the new Once & Future Witch Hunt.
My 9x-great-grandmother, Martha Carrier, was hanged in the Salem witch trials. She wasn't a witch. She wasn't an herbalist or a...
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