Priapus
Sign in to saveIn Greek mythology, Priapus (; ) is a minor rustic fertility god, protector of livestock, fruit plants, gardens, and male genitalia. Priapus is marked by his oversized penis, and his permanent erection, which gave rise to the medical term priapism. He became a popular figure in Roman erotic art and Latin literature, and is the subject of the often humorously obscene collection of verse called the Priapeia.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.name
- Priapus
- Deity.image
- Casa dei vettii, vestibolo, priapo che poggia il fallo sulla bilancia 01.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Fresco of Priapus, House of the Vettii, Pompeii
- Deity.god_of
- God of fertility, vegetables, nature, livestock, fruit, beekeeping, sex, genitals, masculinity, and gardens
- Deity.symbol
- Donkey, flowers, fruit, vegetables, fish, bees
- Deity.parents
- Dionysus and Aphrodite;Hermes and Aphrodite;Dionysus and Chione;Zeus and AphroditePan
- Deity.Roman_equivalent
- Mutunus Tutunus
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- Mythology
- Relationship with other deities
- Other works
- Worship and attributes
- Patron of merchant sailing
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- Modern derivations
- Medical terminology
- Natural history
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- References
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- Bibliography
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In Greek mythology, Priapus (; ) is a minor rustic fertility god, protector of livestock, fruit plants, gardens, and male genitalia. Priapus is marked by his oversized penis, and his permanent erection, which gave rise to the medical term priapism. He became a popular figure in Roman erotic art and Latin literature, and is the subject of the often humorously obscene collection of verse called the Priapeia.
== Mythology == ===Relationship with other deities=== Priapus was described in varying sources as the son of Aphrodite by Dionysus; as the son of Dionysus and Chione; as perhaps the father or son of Hermes; or as the son of Zeus or Pan. According to legend, Hera cursed him with inconvenient impotence (he could not sustain an erection when the time came for sexual intercourse), ugliness and foul-mindedness while he was still in Aphrodite's womb, in revenge for the hero Paris having the temerity to judge Aphrodite more beautiful than Hera. In another account, Hera's anger and curse were because the baby had been fathered by her husband Zeus. The other gods refused to allow him to live on Mount Olympus and threw him down to Earth, leaving him on a hillside. He was eventually found by shepherds and was brought up by them.