XLVIII. How the Member of a Prolific Man
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XLVIII. How the Member of a Prolific Man

XLVIII. HOW THE MEMBER OF A PROLIFIC MAN.

To denote the member of a prolific man, they depict a

p. 69

GOAT, and not a bull: ille enim antequam annum attigerit, coire non solet: hic septem statim post ortum diebus congreditur, infœcundum et genituræ minime accommodum semen excernens. Prius tamen ac celerius cæteris animantibus coit.


Footnotes

  1. 68:1

    The Mendesian goat appears to have been considered by Herodotus as sacred to Khem. The goat as well as the bull was an emblem of Siva.

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