A Tree Full Of Penises

[poliphilo]

I had to share this.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=7010695

amritarosa put me onto it.

This medieval mural in the Italian city of Massa Marittima shows a bunch of women standing under a tree full of penises. According to a British academic, it illustrates a passage from the Malleus Maleficarum and is the earliest representation of witches in European art.

The Reuters article gives a full explanation.

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

What a charming joke.

And the old fools took it as an authentic piece of witchcraft lore. Hah!