Phallic Preoccupations

There are also the extensive excavations of Professor Schilaneder at Draikum, a city that flourished during the latter part of the Middle Period. He discovered many objects that appear to be phallic symbols relating to sexually oriented rites – objects used perhaps for fertility, hunting, and agricultural goals. Later there were temples dedicated to phallic worship. Professor Schilaneder unearthed the mural depicting a priest from the Temple of Phallos at Draikum and the mural from the Temple of Phallos at Trolydos, showing erotic images of the principal god, Aar-Tenn. Professor Schilaneder has deciphered the wall prayer-tablets at both sites, and, though the temples were chronologically separated by several hundred years, the prayers chanted by the priests of both temples to ward off impotence were identical.

Adapted from the original catalog for The Civilization of Llhuros, ©1971-2026 Cornell University, licensed under CC BY-NC