Fertility Rites
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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FERTILITY RITES magico-religious ceremonies...the birth of children. The rites, expressed through dances...sacred drama, was the fertility rite par excellence. Other rites concerned with productivity...displays of phallic symbols, and ritual prostitution. In India it...Maypole dance derives from spring rituals glorifying the phallus...