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Anasyrma
Sign in to savethumb|Copy of a Hellenistic period|Hellenistic [[Aphrodite Kallipygos at The Hermitage in St. Petersburg]] Anasyrma (, composed of and ; plural anasyrmata ), also called anasyrmos (), is the gesture of lifting the skirt or kilt. It is used in connection with certain religious rituals, eroticism, and lewd jokes (see, for example, Baubo). The term is used in describing corresponding works of art.
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- Greek antiquity
- Apotropaic effect of nakedness
- See also
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thumb|Copy of a Hellenistic period|Hellenistic [[Aphrodite Kallipygos at The Hermitage in St. Petersburg]] Anasyrma (, composed of and ; plural anasyrmata ), also called anasyrmos (), is the gesture of lifting the skirt or kilt. It is used in connection with certain religious rituals, eroticism, and lewd jokes (see, for example, Baubo). The term is used in describing corresponding works of art.
Anasyrma may be a deliberately provocative self-exposing of one's naked genitals or buttocks. The famous example of the latter case is Aphrodite Kallipygos ("Aphrodite of the beautiful buttocks"). In other contexts, this gesture has an apotropaic character, that is, a means to ward off a supernatural enemy, or it may be a sign of mockery, analogous to mooning.