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fertility symbol

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noun

  1. an object, esp a phallic symbol, used in fertility-cult ceremonies to symbolize regeneration

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Some suggest the figures depict a pre-Christian deity, others that they are a fertility symbol or a protection against evil.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2019

Miriam Schapiro, Brach's wife, shows a series of panels, similar in motif to Renaissance cassoni, or hope chests, in which she paints the fertility symbol of an egg.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dosojin began as a primitive fertility symbol, an expression of a people of the land who saw the highest affirmation of life in its potential for creation.

From Time Magazine Archive

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