Andros Recife, Recife, Brazil.
Departamento de Cirurgia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
Andrology. 2019 May;7(3):267-272. doi: 10.1111/andr.12599. Epub 2019 Feb 20.
Human fertility has always been a topic of curiosity and devotion. Many cultures consider fertility to be a necessity for the survival and perpetuation of mankind and since early times, myths were created to explain this fabulous process. Fertility gods were ubiquitous in numerous ancient human cultures and were used both to understand fertility and to cope with infertility by means of rituals and offerings.
This manuscript aims to catalog and describe the deities associated with male fertility and virility.
We conducted a comprehensive search for the terms "male fertility god" and "male virility god" on the internet using web-based search engines. Based on the information retrieved, we selected those deities directed related to male fertility and/or virility and further deepened the search using Pubmed and Medline databases for peer-reviewed articles as well as books and articles about ancient mythology.
We identified several gods linked to male fertility and virility in various cultures from Egypt, Greece, Rome, India, Southwestern United States, France, Colombia and Buthan..
Most of these deities were depicted with an erect phallus and with other fertility symbols like snakes. Some deities were also associated with plants and/or animal fertility and their festivals were often held during the harvest period.
Gods of male fertility and virility played important roles in many ancient cultures. Offerings and rituals to these gods were the only available options to deal with problems of reproduction and demonstrate the lengths to which ancient people would go seeking cures for infertility.
人类的生育能力一直是人们好奇和关注的话题。许多文化认为生育能力是人类生存和延续的必要条件，因此自古以来，就创造了神话来解释这一奇妙的过程。在许多古代人类文化中，生育神无处不在，它们被用来既理解生育能力，又通过仪式和供品来应对不育问题。
本文旨在对与男性生育力和活力相关的神灵进行编目和描述。
我们在互联网上使用基于网络的搜索引擎，对“男性生育神”和“男性活力神”这两个术语进行了全面搜索。根据检索到的信息，我们选择了那些与男性生育力和/或活力直接相关的神灵，并使用 Pubmed 和 Medline 数据库进一步深入搜索，以获取同行评议的文章以及有关古代神话的书籍和文章。
我们在来自埃及、希腊、罗马、印度、美国西南部、法国、哥伦比亚和不丹等不同文化中发现了与男性生育力和活力相关的几位神灵。
这些神灵中的大多数都被描绘成有勃起的阴茎，以及其他生育象征，如蛇。一些神灵还与植物和/或动物的生育能力有关，他们的节日通常在收获季节举行。
男性生育力和活力的神灵在许多古代文化中扮演了重要的角色。向这些神灵供奉和举行仪式是处理生殖问题的唯一选择，这也展示了古代人们为寻求不育症治疗方法而付出的努力。
