fertility symbol
Britishnoun
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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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