alt=|Attic red-figure lid depicting three female sex organs and a winged phallus. Origin unknown, c. 460–425 BC. Housed in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. Ithyphallic Shiva, 3rd century AD A phallus is a penis (especially when erect),"Definition of phallus in English" Oxford Dictionaries. Retrieved 16 August 2013. an object that resembles a penis, or a mimetic image of an erect penis. In art history a figure with an erect penis is described as ithyphallic. Ancient India  upTraditional flower offering to a Lingam in Varanasi Shiva, the most widely worshipped and edified male deity in the Hindu pantheon, is worshipped much more commonly in the form of the lingam. Evidence of the lingam in India dates back to prehistoric times. Stone Lingams with several varieties are found to this date in many of the old temples, and in museums in India and abroad. The famous "man-size" lingam in the Parashurameshwar Temple in Gudimallam, Chitoor District of Andhra Pradesh known as the Gudimallam Lingam, is about in height, carved in polished black granite. It is one of the existing lingams from the pre-Buddhist period. The almost naturalistic giant lingam is distinguished by an anthropomorphic form of Parashurama carved in high relief.Rao, T. A. Gopinatha, Elements Of Hindu Iconography, Vol II Part 1, 1916, Law Printing House, Madras (Chennai), Internet Archive (fully online), p. 65 on; thenewsminute.com Shiva Lingams in India have tended to become more and more stylized over the centuries. The earliest depictions of Shiva as a figure in human form are ithyphallic, as for example in coins of the Kushan Empire. Some figures up to about the 11th century AD have erect phalluses, although they become increasingly rare. Indonesia According to the Indonesian chronicles of the Babad Tanah Jawi, Prince Puger gained the kingly power from God, by ingesting sperm from the phallus of the already-dead Sultan Amangkurat II of Mataram.
alt=|Attic red-figure lid depicting three female sex organs and a winged phallus. Origin unknown, c. 460–425 BC. Housed in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. A phallus is a penis (especially when erect),"Definition of phallus in English" Oxford Dictionaries. Retrieved 16 August 2013. an object that resembles a penis, or a mimetic image of an erect penis. In art history a figure with an erect penis is described as ithyphallic. Ancient India Ithyphallic Shiva, 3rd century AD Shiva, the most widely worshipped and edified male deity in the Hindu pantheon, is worshipped much more commonly in the form of the lingam. Evidence of the lingam in India dates back to prehistoric times. Stone Lingams with several varieties are found to this date in many of the old temples, and in museums in India and abroad. The famous "man-size" lingam in the Parashurameshwar Temple in Gudimallam, Chitoor District of Andhra Pradesh known as the Gudimallam Lingam, is about in height, carved in polished black granite. It is one of the existing lingams from the pre-Buddhist period. The almost naturalistic giant lingam is distinguished by an anthropomorphic form of Parashurama carved in high relief.Rao, T. A. Gopinatha, Elements Of Hindu Iconography, Vol II Part 1, 1916, Law Printing House, Madras (Chennai), Internet Archive (fully online), p. 65 on; thenewsminute.com Shiva Lingams in India have tended to become more and more stylized over the centuries. The earliest depictions of Shiva as a figure in human form are ithyphallic, as for example in coins of the Kushan Empire. Some figures up to about the 11th century AD have erect phalluses, although they become increasingly rare. Indonesia According to the Indonesian chronicles of the Babad Tanah Jawi, Prince Puger gained the kingly power from God, by ingesting sperm from the phallus of the already-dead Sultan Amangkurat II of Mataram.
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upTraditional flower offering to a Lingam in Varanasi