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    Default Re: Phallic Question

    Quote Originally Posted by sgsandor
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    So I guess my real questions are:
    What cultures in EB if any practiced circumcising their males?
    What cultures in EB had eunuchs? What part was cut off (testicles penis)?
    What religion or culture required either of these practices?
    1) Jews as far as I know, never heard of that thing happening in the west, cannot tell about nations in the middle east. In Greek one of the words for "circumcised" means "lecherous" as well, so I doubt it was a custom well received, nor frankly were the Jews in general, they were looked on with suspicion and frequently persecuted. I think it is Tacitus who says that they are a nation that has placed themselves apart from the rest of the world and that their morality is the exact reverse of that of the rest of humanity. If it needs be pointed out, I hardly endorse any of these, just showing that Jews weren't really that well liked in the Roman world.
    2+3) Priests of Cybele had to undergo removal of their penis and testicles. The Romans called those priests "Galli" (Gauls) probably because they saw some connection of the cult of Cybele with the Gauls of Asia Minor.

    EDIT: No, I did not read the rest of the thread, excuse me if it was answered before.
    Last edited by Tiberius Nero; 11-15-2007 at 20:51.
    Wow, got 3 ballons in one fell swoop

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