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Originally published in French by Pardes, Puiseaux, France, in 1993 as Le Phallus

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Daniélou, Alain.
 [Phallus. English]

The phallus: sacred symbol of male creative power / Alain Daniélou ; translated from the French by Jon Graham.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

eISBN-13: 978-1-59477-731-8

1. Penis-Religious aspects. 2. Phallicism. I. Title.
BL460.D3613  1995

291.2'12–dc20

95-22029
CIP

page i: India: Shiva as youth with elongated phallus. Photograph by Lance Dane.

page ii: Italy: Etruscan ithyphallic satyr. Bronze. National Museum, Athens.

pages 2 and 3: Corsica: Standing stones in phallic form. 3000 B.C. Photograph by Louis Trémellat.

pages 44 and 45: Jutland: Cernunnos, lord of the animals. Detail of the Gunderstrup cauldron, 100 B.C.

Narional Museum of Copenhagen.

Chapter opening ornament images of phallic sheaths photographed by Lance Dane.

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