of representations of the male organ, to symbols of generative power across forms of nature worship, to promoting fertility through sexual rites. Phallic traditions may associate their symbols with the release of creative energy, or the return to a primeval state, or promoting the alchemical unification of opposites.

Ancient Egypt

The phallus played a role in the cult of Osiris in ancient Egyptian religion. When Osiris' body was cut in 14 pieces,

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