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Priapus

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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An ancient deity, the personification of the generating or fructifying power, and worshipped as the protector of flocks of sheep and goats, of bees, of the vine and other garden products; a worship known as the Priapus worship prevailed extensively all over the East.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Priapus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/priapus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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