Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, April 26th, 2025
Saturday in Easter Week
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Encyclopedias
Phallus

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Phalaris
Next Entry
Pharamond
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

A symbol of the generative power of nature, being a representation of the male organ of generation, and associated with rites and ceremonies of nature-worship in the early stages of civilised life, and the worship of which was supposed to have a magic influence in inducing fertility among the flocks and herds, as well as in the soil of the earth.

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Phallus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/phallus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile