phallic symbols
Masculine power representations
Objects that resemble or suggest a penis, often interpreted as representing male power, fertility, or sexuality.
In art criticism and psychology, phallic symbols include towers, swords, snakes, and other elongated or upright forms: Freudian analysts see phallic symbols everywhere.
The interpretation is sometimes insightful, sometimes stretched beyond credibility.
- Freudian theoryPsychology of unconscious mind
- columnVertical structural element
- obeliskTapering stone monument
- lingamShiva's phallic emblem
- totemSpiritual clan symbol
tower · monolith · patriarchy · masculinity · male gaze · libido · fertility rites · standing stone · steeple · church steeple · scepter · power tool · maypole · pillar · Oedipus complex · spire · gender norms · skyscraper
- fertility ritesfertility idol, sacred marriage, mother goddess, great mother, Baal
- ancient sexualityfertility rites, fertility cults, sacred marriage, sex magic, erotic art
- psychoanalysisFreud, id, ego, unconscious, Sigmund Freud
- sexual customssexual norms, sexual taboos, marriage customs, courtship, virginity
- erotic classicsOvid, Sappho, love poetry, eroticism, forbidden love
- sacred sexualitysacred union, sacred marriage, tantric sex, tantra, fertility rites
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