In ancient Roman religion and magic, the fascinus or fascinum was the embodiment of the divine phallus. The word can refer to phallus effigies and amulets...

was ubiquitous in ancient Roman culture, particularly in the form of the fascinum, a phallic charm. The ruins of Pompeii produced bronze wind chimes (tintinnabula)...

was also an apotropaic symbol for the ancient Romans. These are known as fascinum.[citation needed] A similar use of phallic representations to ward off...

ISBN 978-0-451-21409-6. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), Fascinum Connell, Tim (9 January 1998). "The City's golden grasshopper". Times Higher...

tintinnabulum often took the form of a bronze ithyphallic figure or of a fascinum, a magico-religious phallus thought to ward off the evil eye and bring...

grasshopper before the Acropolis of Athens for protection. The fascinus or fascinum, from the Latin verb fascinare "to cast a spell" (the origin of the English...

why everyone from soldiers to infants to triumphing generals needed a fascinum, a remedy against the evil eye, an antidote, something that would make...

the same time, the phallus was displayed ubiquitously in the form of the fascinum, a magic charm thought to ward off malevolent forces; it became a customary...

sinew grows,     more constant than a new tree clings to the hills.") fascinum or fascinus, which meant a phallic image or amulet in the form of a penis...

impulse toward mating. The cult of Mutunus was associated with the sacred fascinum. Both these gods are attested outside conception litany. Pertunda is the...

lies at the root of the magical intent expressed symbolically in the fascinum and probably also the cornicello. Despite recent rulings by the Italian...

That accomplished, the priestess reveals a "leather dildo" (scorteum fascinum), and the women apply various irritants to him, which they use to prepare...

title Epaphroditus, "Aphrodite's own", before he became a dictator. The fascinum, a phallic charm, was ubiquitous in Roman culture, appearing on everything...

Sourcebook (Cambridge University Press, 1998), p. 359, note 1 online. The fascinum — identified by Arnobius with the phallus of Mutunus — "was used by Christian...

was the editor of Revista Científica y Artística de Cultural Sexual – Fáscinum. Its first issue was published in April 1972.[citation needed] His career...

Depictions of frank sexuality are abundant in Roman literature and art. The fascinum, a phallic charm, was a ubiquitous decoration. Sexual positions and scenarios...

Dino's opponent for round one. The gladiators mould their penises to create fascinum. The Emperor's Games Round One: Blindfolded and fitted with bells, the...

the phallus was depicted ubiquitously. The phallic amulet known as the fascinum (from which the English word "fascinate" ultimately derives) was supposed...

or conch shell are found at the edges of the work, while others have a fascinum, a "cross-shaped pole" perhaps associated with horse breeding or a pedum...

horse-threatening Taraxippus, the phallus is more typically an apotropaic talisman (fascinum) to ward off malevolence. Satyrs and sileni, though later characterized...