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| - | :''[[priapeia]]'' | + | '''Shiva''' is a major [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[Hindu deities|deity]], and is the Destroyer or Transformer among the [[Trimurti]], the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. He is regarded as the most [[powerful]] god in [[Hinduism]]. In the [[Shaiva]] tradition of Hinduism, Shiva is the [[Supreme god|Supreme God]] and has five important works: creator, preserver, destroyer, concealer, and revealer (to bless). In the [[Smarta]] tradition, he is regarded as one of [[Panchayatana puja|the five primary forms of God]]. |
| - | In the “Introduction” to the ''Priapeia'', the translators point out that “The worship of Priapus amongst the Romans was derived from the [[Egypt]]ians, who, under the form of [[Apis]], the Sacred Bull, adored the generative Power of Nature,” adding that “the Phallus was the ancient emblem of creation, and representative of the gods [[Bacchus]], [[Priapus]], [[Hercules]], [[Siva]], [[Osiris]], [[Baal]] and [[Asher]], who were all [[Phallic deities]].” | + | |
| - | '''Phallic saints''' were actual [[saint]]s or local [[god|deities]] who were invoked for [[fertility]]. More than vulgar representations of the [[phallus]], phallic saints were benevolent symbols of prolificacy and reproductive fruitfulness, and objects of reverence and especial worship among barren women and young girls. Many were legitimate saints who acquired their [[Priapus|priapic]] attributes through the process of [[folk-etymology]]. [[William Hamilton (diplomat)|Sir William Hamilton]] (1730-1803) reported that, among the wax representations of body parts then presented as offerings to [[Cosmas and Damian]] at [[Isernia]], near [[Naples]], on their feast day, those of the [[penis]] were the most common. | + | == See also == |
| - | + | * [[Nayanars]] | |
| - | Some examples include: | + | * [[Mahakala]] (Buddhist variant of Shiva)<ref>Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Pratapaditya Pal. (1988). |
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| - | * '''Ters''', or '''St. Ters''', of [[Antwerp]], whose cult was reported on by [[Johannes Goropius Becanus]]. He was also named '''Semini''' or '''God Jumenas'''. | + | |
| - | * '''Saints [[Cosmas and Damian]]''', twin physicians, one of whose cult-centers was [[Isernia]], near [[Naples]]. | + | |
| - | * '''[[Saint Winwaloe|Saint Guignolé]]''' (Winwaloe), first [[Abbot of Landévennec]], who acquired his priapic status by confusion of his name with ''gignere'' (Fr. ''engendrer'', "to beget"). | + | |
| - | * '''[[Saint Foutin]]''', by assimilation of the name of [[Saint Pothinus|Pothin (Pothinus)]], first [[bishop of Lyon]], to the verb ''foutre'' (“to [[fuck]]”). People worshipped the phallus of St. Foutin by pouring wine on it. | + | |
| - | * '''[[Saint Guerlichon]]''' (Greluchon) at [[Bourg-Dieu]]. | + | |
| - | * '''[[Saint Gilles]]''' ([[Saint Giles|Aegidius]]) at [[Cotentin]]. | + | |
| - | * '''[[Saint Rene]]''' in [[Anjou]] (by confusion with ''reins'', "[[kidneys]]" - once believed to be the seat of sexual power). | + | |
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Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the Destroyer or Transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. He is regarded as the most powerful god in Hinduism. In the Shaiva tradition of Hinduism, Shiva is the Supreme God and has five important works: creator, preserver, destroyer, concealer, and revealer (to bless). In the Smarta tradition, he is regarded as one of the five primary forms of God.
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See also
- Nayanars
- Mahakala (Buddhist variant of Shiva)<ref>Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Pratapaditya Pal. (1988).
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