Tintinnabulum (ancient Rome)
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| - | '''Tintinnabulum''' can refer to: | + | :''[[Tintinnabulum (disambiguation)]]'' |
| - | * [[Tintinnabulum (Catholicism)]] - a bell in a Roman Catholic Basilica | + | |
| - | * [[Tintinnabuli]] - a music compositional style devised by the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt | + | |
| - | * [[Dendropsophus tintinnabulum]] - a species of frog | + | |
| - | ==See also== | + | |
| - | * [[Tintinnabulum (Ancient Rome)]][http://jahsonic.tumblr.com/post/183111704/bronze-wind-chimes-of-phallus-animals-were], bronze [[phalli]] to which [[wind chime]]s are attached to protect one from [[jinx]]es and the [[evil eye]]. | + | |
| - | The combination of [[phallus]] and hanging bells ([[fascinum]] and [[crepitacula]] (a [[rattle]]) or [[tintinnabula]]) was used as an [[apotropaic]] [[talisman]] to ward of evil, the Roman name for the male organ was the [[fascinum]] meaning favourable or propitiatory, thus symbolizing both fecundity and protection.[http://creadm.solent.ac.uk/custom/rwpainting/ch5/ch.5.2.html] | + | In [[ancient Rome]], a [[Tintinnabulum (Ancient Rome)|Tintinnabulum]][http://jahsonic.tumblr.com/post/183111704/bronze-wind-chimes-of-phallus-animals-were] was bronze [[phallic]] sculpture to which [[wind chime]]s were attached to protect one from [[jinx]]es and the [[evil eye]]. |
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| + | The combination of [[phallus]] and hanging bells is also called a [[fascinus]]. They were used as an [[apotropaic]] [[talisman]] to ward of evil. | ||
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In ancient Rome, a Tintinnabulum[1] was bronze phallic sculpture to which wind chimes were attached to protect one from jinxes and the evil eye.
The combination of phallus and hanging bells is also called a fascinus. They were used as an apotropaic talisman to ward of evil.
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