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The giant of Cerne Abbas |
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| The biggest phallus in the world is The giant of Cerne Abbas. a hill figure of a giant naked man on a hillside near the village of Cerne Abbas, to the north of Dorchester, in Dorset, England. The 180 ft (55 m) high, 167 ft (51 m) wide figure is carved into the side of a steep hill, and is best viewed from the opposite side of the valley or from the air. | ||
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| The figure's origin and age is unknown, its history cannot be traced back further than the late 17th century, making an origin during the Celtic, Roman or even Early Medieval. | ||
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Detail of the phallus and legs |
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There are numerous theories as to
when and why the giant was created, one of the more popular is that he is
the Greek-Roman god Hercules, who is often represented with a club and an
animal fur. It has been suggested that the figure was once depicted
carrying and animal fur in his left hand. It is possible that worship of
Hercules arrived in the early part of the Roman invasion, which was then
became amalgamated with a god of a local Celtic tribe. The theory given
the most weight by historians is that it was created during the reign of
the Emperor Commodus between 180 - 193 AD, he believed himself to be a
reincarnation of Hercules and allowed the cult to revive. Other stories suggest that the monks at the nearby monastery cut the giant as a joke on an Abbott called Thomas Corton, who was expelled from the area for malpractice. This is unlikely but its close proximity to a ecclesiastical house is strange, how could such an obviously pagan symbol have survived for so long? especially through puritanical times and the reformation. It may be that the religious buildings were built close to the giant as a form of amalgamation of the pagan site. This was common practice, and many churches are built on, or near to, sites that were once Pagan religious centres. |
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The giant's obvious sexuality and
virility was put to use in fertility folk magic. Local women who wanted to
conceive would spend a night alone on the hillside - most productively
within the confines of his giant phallus, and young couples would make
love on the giant to ensure conception. Sleeping on the giant was also thought to be a good way to ensure a future wedding for unmarried women. |
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