Sculptured phalluses, in particular, are associated with fertility and power.
The obelisks of ancient Egypt themselves had several functions, existing both as a reference to the cultus of the sun and of the phallus, representing fertility and power.
We will need to spell out what counts as an attractive theory but for this we can appeal to the standard desiderata for good scientific theories: empirical success; unificatory power; simplicity; explanatory power; fertility and so on.
Tammuz, Sumerian Dumuzi, in Mesopotamian religion, god of fertility embodying the powers for new life in nature in the spring.
The Akan regard the earth as a female spirit because of its fertility and its power to bring forth life, and they further personalize it as a mother because human beings depend on it for their continued nurturance and sustenance.
Do they calculate that if they pick off their neighbors one by one, they will eventually be able to annex their territory, which will raise their females' fertility and the power of their group?
The researchers bred the butterflies in the lab and looked at 324 granddaughters to determine their fertility and flight power.
They were highly valued in Mesoamerican societies, specifically jadeite which can be associated with albite, omphacite and quartz, as they represented power, fertility and even life itself [16].
Livestock forms an integral part of the agricultural system, contributing not only to the human diet but also to soil fertility and draught power.
African livestock trypanosomes are threatening 48 million cattle in an area of 10 million sq/km in 37 African countries [ 3]; they cause fever, anaemia, weakness, and nervous symptoms, responsible for major production losses (meat, milk, draught power, fertility, and manure), leading to cachexia and sometimes abortion and/or death in the absence of treatment.
