Yonic symbolism
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Yonic symbolsim or vulvic symbolism is symbolism that involves the female genitalia.
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India
In India, yoni is is the female sexual organ, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of veneration within certain types of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other cultures. Its male counterpart is the lingam.
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In popular culture
Psychology has found that people, and even animals, can respond to symbols as if they were the objects they represent. Common psychological symbols include a tunnel, shell to represent a vagina. In the botanical vernacular, such terms as blossom, flower and peach are used, and nectar for the secretions.
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Examples
- La Naissance de Vénus (Redon)
- Wound of Christ from the Psalter and Prayer book of Bonne de Luxembourg
- Vision of the Blessed Gabriele by Carlo Crivelli
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See also
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