fascinum

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fascinum englanniksi

  1. An ivory phallus used in certain ancient erotic rites.

  2. (quote-book)|title=(w)|text=Here are some brides of ten compelled to seat themselves on the fascinum, the virile ivory in the temples of classical scholarship.

  3. {{quote-book|en|year=1988|author=Leonard R. N. Ashley|title=The Amazing World of Superstition, Prophecy, Luck, Magic & Witchcraft|pageurl=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nwTajnsiBZAC&q=winged+fascinum&dq=winged+fascinum&ei=GqQiS-2gHY6GlQSTrfXLCw&cd=5|page=107|publisher=Random House Value Publishing|isbn=0517665662|isbn2=9780517665664

  4. a charm, spell, witchcraft

  5. a phallus-shaped amulet worn around the neck as a preventive against witchcraft

  6. a penis, phallus, especially that of a human

  7. an artificial phallus, dildo

  8. (Q)|t=Then Oenothea takes out a leather dildo and, having covered it in oil, pepper and ground nettle seeds(..)

  9. a kind of seashell