zenosanalytic reblogged
anyway my favorite thing ive learned about today is that back in medieval times there was a scandal in geneva where the church unknowingly displayed and venerated a deer penis thinking it was the arm of st anthony
source: (x)
He writes, for example, of a relic in Geneva that was said to be St. Anthony’s arm but turned out to be the “natural virile member” of a deer (page 16)
i read this like an hour ago and im still laughing b/c can u imagine going to church and the preist is like “behold, the arm of st. anthony!” and someone just goes “…that’s a deer penis.” how do u even fuckign react to that