In an episode from the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother," Ted's firm designs a skyscraper for a bank. The only problem is that it looks like a giant penis.
Architects in real life can't seem to avoid the same aesthetic.
Here are 10 buildings that look like penises. Two of them are twins
We've Been Hellenized: *Hellenize - to make Greek in character; to adopt Greek ideas, or customs; to imitate the Greeks. (See Greek, Greek Love, Gray)
Hymn (n.)
c.1000, from Old French ymne and Old English ymen, both from Latin hymnus "song of praise," from Greek hymnos "song or ode in praise of gods or heroes," used in Septuagint for various Hebrew words meaning "song praising God." Possibly a variant of hymenaios "wedding song," from Hymen, Greek god of marriage (see hymen), or from a PIE root *sam- "to sing" (cf. Hittite išhamai "he sings," Sanskrit saman- "hymn, song") http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=hymen&searchmode=none
HYMN = HYMEN
HYMEN or HYMENAEUS (Hymęn or Hymenaios), the god of marriage, was conceived as a handsome youth, and invoked in the hymeneal or bridal song. The names originally designated the bridal song itself, which was subsequently personified. The first trace of this personification occurs in Euripides (Troad. 311), or perhaps in Sappho ( Fragm. 73, p. 80, ed. Neue). The poetical origin of the god Hymen or Hymenaeus is also implied in the fact of his being described as the son of Apollo and a Muse, either Calliope, Urania, or Terpsichore. (Catull. lxi. 2; Nonn. Dionys. xxxiii. 67; Schol. Vatic. ad Eurip. Rhes. 895, ed. Dindorf; Schol. ad Pind. Pyth. iv. 313; Alciphron, Epist. i. 13; Tzetz. Chil. xiii. 599.) http://www.theoi.com/Ouranios/ErosHymenaios.html
Etymologies
From Latin hymenaeus, wedding song, wedding, from Greek humenaios, from Humen, Hymen, from humen, membrane; see hymen,Maidenhead.
Hymen(noun)a fold of muscous membrane often found at the orifice of the vagina the vaginal membraneHymen(noun)a fabulous deity according to some the son of Apollo and Urania according to others of Bacchus and Venus He was the god of marriage and presided over nuptial solemnitiesHymen(noun)marriage union as if by marriage
The derivation of the word, "hymen" is a bit more confused. This word for the vaginal membrane could come from hymnos, for wedding song, or from the Greek humen, meaning membrane, or from the god of marriage (Hyman in Greek, Hymen in Latin). It's unsure whether the god took his name from the membrane, or the membrane was named after the god. *Hero - There is a huge difference between the modern definition and the classical definition for this word. In early Greek mythology, a hero is any offspring of a mortal being with an immortal one. The Christian cross and the church (vagina) and the steeple (Penis) Represents one of the sacred marriage symbols.
A hymn is a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of praise, adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity/deities, a prominent figure or an epic tale. The word hymn derives from Greek hymnos "a song of praise".
Hymenaios (also Hymenaeus, Hymenaues, or Hymen; Ancient Greek: ?µ??a???) was a Greek god of marriage ceremonies, inspiring feasts and song. He was celebrated in the ancient marriage song of unknown origin Hymen o Hymenae, Hymen delivered by G. Valerius Catullus, which both the terms hymn and hymen are derived from..
Ancient hymns include the Great Hymn to the Aten, composed by Pharaoh Akhenaten, and the Vedas, a collection of hymns in the tradition of Hinduism. The Western tradition of hymnody begins with the Homeric Hymns, a collection of ancient Greek hymns, the oldest of which were written in the 7th century BC, in praise of the gods of Greek mythology.
African-Americans developed a rich hymnody from spirituals during times of slavery to the modern, lively black gospel style.
If you thought this is all you have about sex worship in Xtianity, here is more.
Now what do you think the church steeple signifies?
1. A steeple or tower in association with a place of worship was a feature of ancient paganism, oriented to sun worship and fertility cultus. A common form, especially in Egypt, followed the geometric figure known as obelisk, which in places served also as a phallic symbol. Phallic worship in ancient Greece centered around Priapus (the son of Aphrodite) ... of this filtration by placing the vulgar phallic symbol upon YOUR church roof ! http://www.remnantofgod.org/steeple.htm Steeples, the pointed roofs of churches, have been included in church buildings since the conversion of Constantine and his proclamation making Christianity the official religion of his state. The origins of steeples, however, have been traced back to several different traditions.
As Goddess-dominated religions made the YONI their holiest symbol, so God-dominated religions adored the PHALLUS. Patriarchal Semites worshiped their own genitals, and swore binding oaths by placing a hand on each other's private parts, a habit still common among Arabs.Words like TESTAMENT, TESTIFY, and TESTIMONY still "at TEST" to the oaths sworn on the TESTICLES.
John 4:22
Common English Bible (CEB)
22 You and your people worship what you don’t know; we worship what we know because salvation is from the Jews.
As Goddess-dominated religions made the YONI their holiest symbol, so God-dominated religions adored the PHALLUS. Patriarchal Semites worshiped their own genitals, and swore binding oaths by placing a hand on each other's private parts, a habit still common among Arabs. Words like TESTAMENT, TESTIFY, and TESTIMONY still "at TEST" to the oaths sworn on the TESTICLES.
Abraham's servant swore by placing his hand "UNDER THE THIGH" of his master (Genesis 24:9) because "THIGH" was a common euphemism for "PENIS", used in superstitious fear of mentioning the divine organ directly. Myths of male psuedo-birth-like ZEUS'S FATHERHOOD of DIONYSUS-made the offspring come forth from the father's "THIGH". But the meaning was "PENIS", as in the HINDU myth that substituted the lingam for the YONI: god SUKRA (SEED) came out of the stomach of the Great God by way of his penis.
Jewish Rabbi Explains Why Baby Penis Is To Be Sucked
The Bible calls JACOB'S penis the SINEW that SHRANK, lying "upon the hollow of the thigh". Scholars have tried to interpret this limp penis as something else; a severed tendon, or a certain thigh muscle, which Jews were forbidden to eat (Gen.32:32). But medieval translators frankly recognized the PHALLIC meaning of the "SINEW". They said the god-man's blighting touch on Jacob's shrunken member was "to cool the fires of concupiscence".
Biblical patriarchs worried inordinately about the vulnerability of the penis and avoided direct mention of it lest evil spirits be drawn to it.
Old Testament laws reveal a special fear of women's power over the penis. God's commandment was that A woman who grabs a mans genitals must have her hands cut off, even if she does it to defend her husband against an enemy (Deuteronomy 25:11-12).
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