It was a conspicuous rendering of a penis, large and arching upwards.
significance, but was meant as a phallic exhibit, a demonstration of power, a danger signal of exactly the same nature as
the helmets beaten into the shape of lion masks which appeared simultaneously. The guy in armour with his
223
A Geometric bronze statue from Olympia.
Olympia 1971 amount 3. (Courtesy of Mike Roberts Colour Production).
https://s3.amazonaws.com/2021-nudism/family-nudists-pics.html and the baboon demo his erect dick as an aggressive signal to other baboons to keep off objective at the
same effect" (p. 165). The writer also notes that tendencies towards genital action of an aggressive nature are
repressed in our present civilization and that today's guys are not conscious of potentials like those openly
expressed in the Near East and--at least verbally--among the early Norsemen. This means, based on the
author, that logical understanding of the aggressive aspects of phallic symbolism is lost also; and this in turn
Signals that grasp of the signal function of a phallic symbolism in dominance-submission patterns has
vanished from the consciousness--notwithstanding that these patterns still remain unchanged and alert of actions
224
Source of Nudity in Greek Sports
A Proto-Attic Vase. (Courtesy
surprised to find in the province of Maabar, India that men went to battle nude
with just a lance and a shield. In the Trichinopoly District of Bengal, when in
the rainy season tanks and rivers threaten to blow up their banks, men stand
Nude on the embankments; and if too much rain falls, nude men point
firebrands at the heavens, as in the instance of rain-magic. This nudity is presumed to
To a primitive
warrior the phallus was an symbol of power having prophylactic merit against
the assaults of the enemy. Roman soldiers marching into battle carried phallic
symbols on their standards. The particular state of the sexual organ of a warrior
engaged in deadly battle is a matter well comprehended in the Polynesian
superstition.24
24.
of Eastern Bengal (London, 1883). p. 369; W. Crooke, "Nudity in India in Custom and Ritual," Journal of the
Royal Anthropological Institute 49 (1919): 248; George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship (Fresh Delhi, 1975). p, 109,
Gza Rohelm, Animism, Magic and the Divine King (London. 1972). p. 21. Also see W. G. Gudgeon, "Phallic
Emblem from Atiu Island," Journal of the Polynesian Society 13 (1904-1905): 193. One of the Kiwi Papuans of
British New Guinea the dick of a slain foe is cut off and dried. Before a fight a small bit of it blended with banana
is given to the youthful warriors to make them stronger. [See Gunnar Landman, The Kiwai Papuons of British New
Guinea (London, 1927), p. 1281. Also see Rohelm, Animism. p. 20.
225
Journal of Sport History, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Winter, 1985)
The apotropaic use of the phallus is clearly exposed in the Greek herms which
consisted of a square stone pillar surmounted by a guy's bearded head and
bearing an erect phallus. https://s3.amazonaws.com/beach-naturist/nudist-beach-grannies.html stood in front of houses as house-guards,25 in the
Markets, at intersection26 and at the frontiers, always facing away from
the guarded premises. The exact same kind of sculpture are found in some present
cultures, such as on Borneo and Nias, Bali and the Nikobar Islands as items of
superstition against the spirits of the Dead.27
W. Burkert wrote on the significance of the display of phallus:
I cannot find any real explanation before ethology noticed that there are species
of monkeys, living in groups, of whom the males act as guards: They sit up at the
outposts, confronting outside and presenting their erect genital organ. This is an
"Creature rite" in the sense noted above: the basic function of sexual activity is
suspended for the benefit of communicating; every person approaching from the
outside will find that this group doesn't consist of helpless wives and children,
but enjoys the full protection of maleness.28
Scientists also detected that within a group of squirrel monkeys, one creature
25. The ongoing belief in the apotropaic power of phallus seems to account for its appearance on the
doorways of fresh buildings in major cities of India. The guard figures frequently shielding either side of the entrance
to a Saivite temple in India, have noticeable erect sexual organs. [See Clarence Maloney, The Evil Eye (Awesome York,
1976). pp. 114, 1251. For precisely the same function renderings of human phalli are curved upon the outdoor timbers of
dwelling places in Central Borneo [See Frederic T. nakedfamilyporn , The Evil Eye (London, 1957), p. 1071. Legba or
the helmets beaten into the shape of lion masks which appeared simultaneously. The guy in armour with his
223
A Geometric bronze statue from Olympia.
Olympia 1971 amount 3. (Courtesy of Mike Roberts Colour Production).
https://s3.amazonaws.com/2021-nudism/family-nudists-pics.html and the baboon demo his erect dick as an aggressive signal to other baboons to keep off objective at the
same effect" (p. 165). The writer also notes that tendencies towards genital action of an aggressive nature are
repressed in our present civilization and that today's guys are not conscious of potentials like those openly
expressed in the Near East and--at least verbally--among the early Norsemen. This means, based on the
author, that logical understanding of the aggressive aspects of phallic symbolism is lost also; and this in turn
Signals that grasp of the signal function of a phallic symbolism in dominance-submission patterns has
vanished from the consciousness--notwithstanding that these patterns still remain unchanged and alert of actions
224
Source of Nudity in Greek Sports
A Proto-Attic Vase. (Courtesy
surprised to find in the province of Maabar, India that men went to battle nude
with just a lance and a shield. In the Trichinopoly District of Bengal, when in
the rainy season tanks and rivers threaten to blow up their banks, men stand
Nude on the embankments; and if too much rain falls, nude men point
firebrands at the heavens, as in the instance of rain-magic. This nudity is presumed to
To a primitive
warrior the phallus was an symbol of power having prophylactic merit against
the assaults of the enemy. Roman soldiers marching into battle carried phallic
symbols on their standards. The particular state of the sexual organ of a warrior
engaged in deadly battle is a matter well comprehended in the Polynesian
superstition.24
24.
of Eastern Bengal (London, 1883). p. 369; W. Crooke, "Nudity in India in Custom and Ritual," Journal of the
Royal Anthropological Institute 49 (1919): 248; George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship (Fresh Delhi, 1975). p, 109,
Gza Rohelm, Animism, Magic and the Divine King (London. 1972). p. 21. Also see W. G. Gudgeon, "Phallic
Emblem from Atiu Island," Journal of the Polynesian Society 13 (1904-1905): 193. One of the Kiwi Papuans of
British New Guinea the dick of a slain foe is cut off and dried. Before a fight a small bit of it blended with banana
is given to the youthful warriors to make them stronger. [See Gunnar Landman, The Kiwai Papuons of British New
Guinea (London, 1927), p. 1281. Also see Rohelm, Animism. p. 20.
225
Journal of Sport History, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Winter, 1985)
The apotropaic use of the phallus is clearly exposed in the Greek herms which
consisted of a square stone pillar surmounted by a guy's bearded head and
bearing an erect phallus. https://s3.amazonaws.com/beach-naturist/nudist-beach-grannies.html stood in front of houses as house-guards,25 in the
Markets, at intersection26 and at the frontiers, always facing away from
the guarded premises. The exact same kind of sculpture are found in some present
cultures, such as on Borneo and Nias, Bali and the Nikobar Islands as items of
superstition against the spirits of the Dead.27
W. Burkert wrote on the significance of the display of phallus:
I cannot find any real explanation before ethology noticed that there are species
of monkeys, living in groups, of whom the males act as guards: They sit up at the
outposts, confronting outside and presenting their erect genital organ. This is an
"Creature rite" in the sense noted above: the basic function of sexual activity is
suspended for the benefit of communicating; every person approaching from the
outside will find that this group doesn't consist of helpless wives and children,
but enjoys the full protection of maleness.28
Scientists also detected that within a group of squirrel monkeys, one creature
25. The ongoing belief in the apotropaic power of phallus seems to account for its appearance on the
doorways of fresh buildings in major cities of India. The guard figures frequently shielding either side of the entrance
to a Saivite temple in India, have noticeable erect sexual organs. [See Clarence Maloney, The Evil Eye (Awesome York,
1976). pp. 114, 1251. For precisely the same function renderings of human phalli are curved upon the outdoor timbers of
dwelling places in Central Borneo [See Frederic T. nakedfamilyporn , The Evil Eye (London, 1957), p. 1071. Legba or
