Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Cernunnos and his sexually deviant older brother, Pashupati.

Recently, Cernunnos and his ExtenZe enhanced penis have been getting some attention over at V.V.F. Here the author, with a tad bit of humor, bemoans what he/she perceives to be an unhealthy sexual undercurrent found among many Pagan/Wiccan communities. You can read the author’s two posts here and here.

In the first post, the author wonders why Cernunnos, who appears rather prudish on the Gundestrup Cauldron, should be denied his clothing in many modern portrayals.

The rather dapper Cernunnos

Now, I personally have never met Cernunnos, but I have had the opportunity to become acquainted with his sexually deviant older brother, Pushupati.


The ithyphalic Pashupati

Unfortunately, as so often happens between siblings attending school years apart, a younger sibling will be conflated with an older brother or sister. This may just be the case here. Perhaps the author’s concerns would be alleviated if those confused Pagans/Wiccans realized their mistake and became Shaivites.

2 comments:

V.V.F. said...

"Perhaps the author’s concerns would be alleviated if those confused Pagans/Wiccans realized their mistake and became Shaivites."

Yes indeed, as a matter of fact. They (and I) would be much happier, I think. Plus, it would be neat to see more Westerners turning to Hinduism without getting all monist about it.

I don't think I would call Cernunnos a prude, however. Prudent, perhaps?

Serge said...

Great interpretation on the soul mirror or introspection and the effect of positive and negative good or bad day or night analogy.

I feel there are vary few who finish sweeping their own door step and we find that we have to just do it regularly :-)

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