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Demons Were Depicted With Faces in Their Genitals
via University of Chicago
Ah, the question that is almost as old as religion itself: What does the devil have dangling between his legs? Is it ... like that knife dick in Se7en? A regular human dong, but with tiny horns and hooves? Artists during the Renaissance devoted a surprising amount of time to this question, and they all came up with the same, creepy solution: Obviously, Satan and his minions have faces on their genitals and butts.
Horae ad usum romanum
This guy's dong-face is actually classier than his regular one.
If for some ridiculous reason you've never thought to check out all the demonic packages so blatantly visible in Renaissance-era art, you probably never knew this was a thing. But a thing it was, and to an insane degree: "Demon faces where orifices should go" was a massively popular trend in early Renaissance Italy, and variations of the theme have been recorded up to the 20th century. As a result, religious art of the period is full of shit like this:
Michael Pacher
"I don't care what that says. You're still talking out of your ass."
And this:
Wiki Commons
Not vagina dentata. Vagina facata.
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