Yonic

Entertainment / Literature / Yonic: A yonic symbol is a sexualized representation of femininity and reproductive power--particularly through some object vaguely reminiscent of the vagina. Common yonic symbols include cups, cauldrons, chalices, goblets, wells, caves, tunnels, circles, hoops, pots, and other containers. An example would be found in Shakespeare's sonnet 154, where we read of how a virgin takes the torch of love and stops the flame of 'hot desire' when 'This brand, she quenched in a cool well by, / which from Love's fire took heat perpetual.' Contrast with a phallic symbol. (from Sanskrit yoni, 'vagina')
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