#fascinus

[coyoteprince]

I showed you my fascinus please respond

(Sculpey, acrylic)

[rathenarts]

After a very long and stressful few weeks lately, I found myself exhausted, overwhelmed and with absolutely no fucks left to give. So obviously, the only thing to do was make some more...

Initially based on a pattern bought from Ana.Mey.Crochets on Etsy, modified and tweaked in various directions by me. Inspired by @tkingfisher's famous phalloi drawings and the ancient Roman "fascinus" protective amulets, hence why these little guys have paws and wings (the latter of which, I suppose, technically makes them flying fucks...)

They are very tame btw and would make adorable pets:

(Technical details: Sirdar Happy Cotton amigurumi yarn in various shades, 3mm crochet hook.)

[satyrmagos]

The fascinus is an apotropaic symbol dating back at least as far as ancient Rome, used as magical protection against disease and the evil eye. Yes, it is a penis with wings.

This fascinus, visually three-dimensional with its wings extending backward, was designed to be worn as a pendant, but is also available as earrings, in pairs or as a singleton.

[jaysweirdart]

The stupidest tjibg ive drawn the whole week. Inspired by fascinus

[golden-bubblebee]

I feel like ya'll would really enjoy the knowledge that anctient roman children used to run around wearing a bunch of lil' dick pendants

(They're called Fascinus and are amulets to protect the tiny ones from envy or the evil eye (mostly for male tiny ones) and when a pride chariot would go 'round they would also hang one there to protect the person they were cheering on from envy. The children would also carry lil' bags filled with these (and other amulets)

[ormspryde]

Happy pride I'm drawing a fascinus lol

[satyrmagos]

There's still time to order something from my Beltane line and have your new shinies in hand for your festivities.

[punctuallypunch]

Parallel World: Fascinus

[strixessabre]

BIG BUTTONS BIG BUTTONS

( Strixes' Sabre )

[buffyspeak]

lydia and luke both seem SO SURPRISED that maryse and robert didn’t tell alec about their past in the circle. but like??? we’ve established that hearing anything about the circle was forbidden for a long time. so i wonder if it’s kind of one of those unspoken things… everyone Knows they’re not supposed to talk about it, but it’s still generally assumed you might explain some of it to your kids. and the fact that maryse and robert didn’t indicates a ruthlessness in their parenting styles even moreso than before. because they didn’t tell their kids this for their whole lives when it might not have be legal, but socially expected…. but they still put the weight of their mistakes on izzy and especially on alec’s shoulders.

[whiskeysorrows]

ok so in classics my teacher started talking about roman fascinus, which are literally phallus-shaped items to ward from the evil eye, and then he started talking about the etymology and how we got the word "fascinating" from fascinus because to be fascinated is to be distracted by dick. now, you may be wondering, patroclus what does this have to do with anything? well yk how in s2ep5 of iwtv armand was going on and on about daniel being so fascinating and wanting desperately to learn how to also be fascinating via week long torture spiral. there's a high likelihood armand knows the etymology of the word what with marius being roman and him living in renaissance venice so what he's really asking daniel is why is your dick so distracting and how can i make mine just as distracting. which is SO armand bc he places his self worth in his desirability. but also a fascinus was a religious item so what armand is really REALLY asking is daniel can your distracting dick ward away the evil eye and can you teach me to do it as well so your protection will be with me always?

anyways yeah. idk what possessed me to write that but i came here to share it anyway

[fluentisonus]

also I learned a very funny folk story about the pont du gard: according to the story the builder who was assigned to build a bridge across the river tried and failed many times (each time his bridges were destroyed), and eventually in despair makes a deal with the devil, that the devil will build a bridge in return for the soul of the first being that crossed the bridge. however the builder catches a hare and releases it onto the bridge, and when the devil realizes he's been tricked he grabs the hare and flings it against the stonework, where it's stuck to the side ever since. hence the pont du gard itself

which would be a fun story HOWEVER the '''hare''' the story is referring to is apparently referring to THIS real life carving:

which is in fact not a hare but a stone fascinus originally put there by the romans (who actually built the aqueduct) to prevent bad luck

[artofmaquenda]

Just a little reminder that I have lots of pin designs available, with even more on the way! You can also pre-order the Fascinus and Xenomorph pins now and they’ll be ready just in time for the holidays. 💗🙏

Thank you so much for your incredible support; it truly means the world to me. I never take for granted that I'm able to keep creating because of you all! 🥹💗

Shop: https://artofmaquenda.etsy.com

[thoodleoo]

is that a fascinus in your pocket or did your penis grow extra penises when i wasn't looking

[catilinas]

GUY WHO JUST FOUND OUT THE WORD PROPHYLACTIC HAS AN ADDITIONAL MEANING IN NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE IN BRITISH ENGLISH ??????

guy who forgets the word prophylactic and so uses the word apotropaic instead

[satyrmagos]

The fascinus is an ancient apotropaic symbol dating back at least as far as ancient Rome, used as magical protection against disease and the evil eye. Yes, it is a penis with wings.

This fascinus is very three-dimentional, with the wings rising high above the cock & balls, and was designed to be worn as a pendant or as a bracelet charm, but is also available as an earring or pair of earrings.