medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Try the Shiva Lingham-Yoni still prevalent in parts of India,
especially in the north-east, where the temples tend to be taller than
the are wide. yrs, tom ault
On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 13:43:20 -0000
John Briggs <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>culture
>
> I'm still not convinced that the 'penis tree' is all that different
>to the
> usual medieval tales of fantastic peoples such as the Blemyae and
>Sciapods.
> There is an Islamic example: the Waq-waq tree. This is a great,
>tall tree
> with the feet of young girls projecting from the fruit. These
>gradually
> emerge until the whole figure is complete, suspended by the hair.
> They
> eventually fall to the ground uttering the cry, "Waq! waq!" They
>are found
> to be all flesh and no bones, and having no life or soul.
>
> (see E. Edson & E. Savage-Smith, Medieval views of the cosmos
>(Oxford:
> Bodleian Library, 2004), p. 66.)
>
> John Briggs
>
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