This is hilarious, and makes me think humans have been entertained by dumb depictions of genitalia for as long as we’ve been human. I can’t help but think these works are the Norman equivalent of a bored teenager’s notebook drawings.
Sounds about right, though I would guess way earlier than Norman. Probably goes back to some Celtic or Viking goddess long before the nailed tree god was forced upon us. That goddess probably came from some bored doodles centuries before that.
I never knew these things gained a specific, and very odd, name. I wonder if there is a taxonomy of gargoyles. :)
