Encyclopedia - Castration: Encyclopedia - Castration
Castration, gelding, neutering, orchiectomy, or orchidectomy is any action, surgical, chemical, or otherwise, by which a biological male ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Castration: Encyclopedia Ii - Castration - Castration In Humans
Castration - History. The method of castration has roots before recorded human history. Castration was frequently used in certain cultu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Castration: Encyclopedia Ii - Castration - Castration In Humans
Castration - History. The practice of castration has roots before recorded human history. Castration was frequently used in certain cul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chemical Castration: Encyclopedia - Chemical Castration
Chemical castration is a form of castration caused by certain hormonal drugs. It was developed as a temporary preventive measure and puni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Castration Cult: Encyclopedia - Castration Cult
A number of religious cults have included castration as a central theme of their practice. These include: The cult of Cybele, in which d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Castration Anxiety: Encyclopedia - Castration Anxiety
Castration anxiety is an idea put forth by Sigmund Freud in his writings on the Oedipus complex; it posits a deep-seated fear or anxiety ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bullock: Encyclopedia - Bullock
Bullock may refer to: bullock or ox, castrated male cattle Sandra Bullock, actress Alan Bullock, historian Other related archivesAlan ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eunuch: Encyclopedia - Eunuch
A eunuch is an infertile human male whose testicles have either been removed (deliberately or by accident) or are otherwise non-functiona...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barrow: Encyclopedia - Barrow
Barrow may refer to: A flat rectangular tray or cart with handles at each end, such as a wheelbarrow. A large mound of earth or stone pl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wether: Encyclopedia - Wether
A wether is a male sheep, usually one made sterile by castration. Category: Sheep Other related archivesSheep, castration, sheep    » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bellwether: Encyclopedia - Bellwether
In politics, a bellwether (often, incorrectly, bellweather or bellwhether) is a region whose political tendencies match in microcosm what...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neuter: Encyclopedia - Neuter
The word neuter can refer to: the property of being neither biologically male or female: being asexual the sterilization (castration, sp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fixed: Encyclopedia - Fixed
Fixed may refer to: fixed, a monospace font of X Window System a fixed currency a fixed exchange rate Fixed, an album by Nine Inch Nails...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Galli: Encyclopedia - Galli
Galli was the Roman name for castrated followers of the Phrygian goddess Cybele, which can be regarded as transgendered in today's terms....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burdizzo: Encyclopedia - Burdizzo
Burdizzo is a castration method that uses a large clamp to break the blood vessels leading into the testicles. These have also been used...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capon: Encyclopedia - Capon
A capon is a rooster (a male chicken) whose testicles were removed at a young age. Typically the castration is performed when the chicken...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vagina Dentata: Encyclopedia - Vagina Dentata
Vagina dentata is Latin for toothed vagina. The myth of the vagina dentata in the Western world was popularized chiefly by Sigmund Freud,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gigantes: Encyclopedia - Gigantes
In Greek mythology, the Gigantes were a race of giants. They were born of Gaia, who was fertiziled by the blood of Ouranos that resulted ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zhao Gao: Encyclopedia - Zhao Gao
Zhao Gao 趙高 (died end of October 207 BC) was the chief eunuch during the Qin Dynasty of China, who played an instrumental role in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Castrato: Encyclopedia - Castrato
Male ranges Sopranist Alto Tenor Baritenor Baritone Bass-baritone Bass A castrato is a male soprano, mezzo-soprano, or alto voice produ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melia: Encyclopedia - Melia
In Greek mythology, Melia was a nymph, one of the Meliae, who were daughters of Oceanus. By her brother Inachus, she became the mother of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attis: Encyclopedia - Attis
Attis, a life-death-rebirth deity, was both the son and the lover of Cybele, her eunuch attendant and driver of her lion-driven chariot; ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amygdala: Encyclopedia - Amygdala
Located deep in the brain's medial temporal lobe, the almond-shaped amygdala (in Latin, corpus amygdaloideum) is believed to play a key r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Erinyes: Encyclopedia - Erinyes
In Greek mythology the Erinyes or Eumenides (the Romans called them the Furies) were female personifications of vengeance. They were usua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westley Allan Dodd: Encyclopedia - Westley Allan Dodd
Westley Allan Dodd was a serial killer and child molester from Seattle, Washington. His execution on January 5, 1993, was the first legal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uranus Mythology: Encyclopedia - Uranus Mythology
Uranus is the Latinized form of Ouranos, Greek name of the sky. In Greek mythology Uranus is personified as the son and husband of Gaia, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Castration: Encyclopedia Ii - Castration - Castration In Veterinary Practice
Castration is common in animal husbandry and animal fancy, where it is intended for favouring a given desired development of the animal o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trematoda: Encyclopedia Ii - Trematoda - Etymology
Trematodes are commonly referred to as flukes. This term can be traced back to the Saxon name for Flounder, and refers to the flattened, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eunuch: Encyclopedia Ii - Eunuch - Religious Castration
The Galli, followers of the goddess Cybele practiced ritual self-castration, sanguinaria. Even in Christian times the practice continued;...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eunuch: Encyclopedia Ii - Eunuch - Myths
According to Tom Burnham's Dictionary of Misinformation, a common misconception about eunuchs is that, since they were castrated, they we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eunuch: Encyclopedia Ii - Eunuch - Involuntary Disorder
The body dysmorphic disorder or dysmorphophobia characterized by desire to be a eunuch is called skoptic syndrome, named after the Skoptz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eunuch: Encyclopedia Ii - Eunuch - Castrato Singers
Eunuchs castrated before puberty were also valued and trained in several cultures for their exceptional voices, which retained a childlik...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eunuch: Encyclopedia Ii - Eunuch - History
The English word eunuch is from the Greek eune ("bed") and ekhein ("to keep"), effectively "bed keeper." Servants or slaves were usually ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scrotum: Encyclopedia Ii - Scrotum - Health Issues
A common problem of the scrotum is the development of masses. Common scrotal masses include sebaceous cyst, also called a epidermal cyst...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Eunuch: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Eunuch
Eunuch A castrated male. Voluntary castration is associated either with ascetic vows, resulting in permanent celibacy, or with some fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Penis Envy: Encyclopedia Ii - Penis Envy - Feminist Criticisms And Disputation
Feminists generally regard this theory as sexist. In turn, feminists themselves have been accused of suffering from penis envy, as tradit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Penis Removal: Encyclopedia Ii - Penis Removal - Human Penis Removal In Medicine And Psychology
Some men have penile amputations, known as penectomies, for medical reasons. Cancer, for example, sometimes necessitates removal of all o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Penis Removal: Encyclopedia Ii - Penis Removal - Involuntary Penis Removal Assault
There have been incidents in which men have been assaulted, usually by their girlfriends or wives, by having their penises severed. Loren...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cock Chicken: Encyclopedia Ii - Cock Chicken - Capons
A Capon is a castrated chicken cock. In this procedure the testes of the cock are completely removed; a surgical procedure is required fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uranus Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Uranus Mythology - The Creation Myth
In the Olympian creation myth, Uranus came every night to cover the earth and mate with Gaia, but he hated the children she bore him and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cry To Heaven: Encyclopedia Ii - Cry To Heaven - Plotline
As Tonio learns, Carlo is actually his father. However, although everyone in Venice is inclined to believe that Carlo was behind his cast...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genital Modification And Mutilation: Encyclopedia Ii - Genital Modification And Mutilation - Types Of Genital Alteration
The alterations listed below may be undertaken voluntarily by some individuals; they may also be performed for medical reasons or perform...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hurrians: Encyclopedia Ii - Hurrians - Impact
Hurrian speakers formed the majority population of the kingdom of Mitanni, though they appear to have been governed by a class of foreign...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cry To Heaven: Encyclopedia Ii - Cry To Heaven - Overview
Guido Maffeo, born a peasant, is castrated at the age of six to preserve his soprano voice, and becomes a star of the opera by the time h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hypogonadism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hypogonadism - Classification
There are many possible types of hypogonadism and several ways to categorize them. Hypogonadism - by Congenital vs. acquired. An examp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychosexual Development: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychosexual Development - Phallic Phase
From four to seven years of age, the child enters the phallic phase, when the sexual organs become the child's primary object-cathexis. I...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Warlock: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Warlock
WARLOCK: 1) "Oath Breaker" and "Traitor", from Scottish Gaelic dialect. Also refers to the binding of the candida...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sterilization Surgical Procedure: Encyclopedia Ii - Sterilization Surgical Procedure - Sterilization Of Animals
In animals, castration (removal of the testes) and salpingo-oophorectomy (removal of the ovaries and fallopian tubes), called "neutering"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trap-neuter-return: Encyclopedia Ii - Trap-neuter-return - Tnr Methodology
Trap-Neuter-Return begins with the trapping of feral cats using humane cage traps. The captured feral cats are taken (in the trap) to a v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oedipus Complex: Encyclopedia Ii - Oedipus Complex - Theory Of The Oedipus Complex
Relying on material from his self-analysis and on anthropological studies of totemism, Freud developed the Oedipus complex as an explanat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aversion Therapy: Encyclopedia Ii - Aversion Therapy - Aversion Therapy And Gay Men
In the 1970s and 1980s, suspected gay men and lesbians in the South African Defense Force were forced to undergo torture and gross maltre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amy Ray: Encyclopedia Ii - Amy Ray - Discography
Stag Johnny Rottentail (Amy Ray) Laramie (Amy Ray) Lucystoners (Amy Ray) Hey Castrator (Amy Ray) Late Bloom (Amy Ray) Measure of Me (Amy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Capital Punishment In The United Kingdom - Origins
Hanging by the neck as form of capital punishment was introduced to Britain by the Anglo-Saxon invaders of the 5th century. By the 10th c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Self-surgery: Encyclopedia Ii - Self-surgery - Abdominal Self-surgery
Abdominal self-surgery is extremely rare. Two well-publicized cases have found their way into the medical literature. The first, in 1979,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sterilization Surgical Procedure: Encyclopedia Ii - Sterilization Surgical Procedure - Vasectomy
Vasectomy should not be confused with castration: vasectomy does not involve removal of the testicles and it affects neither the producti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyclops: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyclops - First Generation
There were three: Brontes, Steropes and Arges. Uranus feared their strength and locked them in Tartarus. Later, Cronus, another son of Ur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Xu Pingjun: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Xu Pingjun - Marriage To Then-commoner Liu Bingyi
Xu Pingjun's future husband Liu Bingyi was the only surviving descendant of Liu Ju, Emperor Wu's crown prince who was forced into a faile...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Titan Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Titan Mythology - The Titans In Other Greek Sources
Hesiod is not, however, the last word on the Titans. Surviving fragments of Orphic poetry in particular preserve some variations on the m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reindeer: Encyclopedia Ii - Reindeer - Anatomy
The weight of a female varies between 60 and 170 kg. In some subspecies of reindeer, the male is slightly larger; in others, the male can...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Opera Seria: Encyclopedia Ii - Opera Seria - The Age Of Opera Seria
The age of opera seria corresponded with the rise to prominence of the castrati, often prodigiously gifted male singers who had undergone...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Old Believers: Encyclopedia Ii - Old Believers - Break-off Sects
The Old Believers movement also gave birth to several marginal break-off groups such as: the Skoptzy (Скопцы), who practiced castr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hesiod: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Hesiod
Hesiod (c 700 bc) A Greek poet In the Theogony he describes the genealogy of the Olympian gods, of whom Zeus was king, and how they ca...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hesiod: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Hesiod
Hesiod (c 700 bc) A Greek poet In the Theogony he describes the genealogy of the Olympian gods, of whom Zeus was king, and how they ca...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Eunuch: A Christian Theological Dictionary On Eunuch
A Christian theological definition of Eunuch according to CARM - The Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry:   " Eu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - West Memphis 3: Encyclopedia Ii - West Memphis 3 - The Crime
Three eight-year-old boys - Steve Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore - were reported missing on May 5, 1993, by Chistopher Byer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cattle: Encyclopedia Ii - Cattle - Ox
Oxen (plural of ox) are cattle trained as draft animals. Often they are adult, castrated males. Usually an ox is over four years old due ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Noahide Laws: Encyclopedia Ii - Noahide Laws - Subdividing The Seven Laws
Various rabbinic sources have different positions on the way the seven laws are to be subdivided in categories. Maimonides (Melakhim 10:6...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pit Bull: Encyclopedia Ii - Pit Bull - History
The ancestors of modern pit bulls, English and French bulldogs, and other related breeds were powerful mastiffs bred for farm work. Speci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cattle: Encyclopedia Ii - Cattle - Ox
Oxen (plural of ox) are cattle trained as draft animals. Often they are adult, castrated males. Usually an ox is over four years old due ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First Council Of Nicaea: Encyclopedia Ii - First Council Of Nicaea - Other Problems
Then the bishops began proceedings against the Meletian schism. Its founder was suspended from his office but not degraded or exiled. Fin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reparative Therapy: Encyclopedia Ii - Reparative Therapy - History
The idea of altering a person's sexual orientation is not a new idea and harkens back to the start of psychology itself. By classifying h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bbc News: Encyclopedia Ii - Bbc News - Opinions Of Bbc News
The BBC is frequently complimented in the public arena, both in the United Kingdom and globally. Alternative views are also expressed in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Rape And Punishment
Rape - Punishment of assailants. Most societies consider rape to be a grave offense, and punish it accordingly. Punishment for rape in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Encyclopedia Ii - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Nicknames
As the oldest currently-operating Canadian broadcaster, and still the largest in terms of national availability of its various networks, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genghis Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Genghis Khan - Death And Burial
During his last campaign with the Tangut Empire during which Genghis Khan was fighting with the Khwarezmid Empire, Genghis Khan died on A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genghis Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Genghis Khan - Death And Burial
During his last campaign with the Tangut Empire during which Genghis Khan was fighting with the Khwarezmid Empire, Genghis Khan died on A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bbc News: Encyclopedia Ii - Bbc News - Opinions Of Bbc News
The BBC is frequently complimented in the public arena, both in the United Kingdom and globally. Alternative views are also expressed in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genghis Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Genghis Khan - Death And Burial
During his last campaign with the Tangut Empire during which Genghis Khan was fighting with the Khwarezmid Empire, Genghis Khan died on A...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kronos: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kronos
Kronos (Greek) In Greek mythology, the youngest of the titans, son of Ouranos (heaven) and Gaia (earth). His mother gave him a sickle,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masculine Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Masculine Psychology - The Works Of Eugene Monick
Eugene Monick PhD. is a Jungian Analyst practicing in Scranton, Pennsylvannia, and New York City. He is a graduate of the Virginia (Episc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genital Modification And Mutilation: Encyclopedia Ii - Genital Modification And Mutilation - Elective Genital Alteration
In some cases, people elect to have their genitals pierced, tattooed or otherwise altered for aesthetic or other reasons. Such modificati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Testicle: Encyclopedia Ii - Testicle - Health Issues
The testicles are well-known to be very sensitive to impact and injury. The most important diseases of testicles are: inflammation of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ötzi The Iceman: Encyclopedia Ii - Ötzi The Iceman - An Ancient Crime?
DNA analysis revealed traces of blood from four other people on his gear: one from his knife, two from the same arrowhead, and a fourth f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality And Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality And Psychology - History
The history of psychology and homosexuality begins with the advent of psychology itself. The diagnosis of homosexuality as a psychologica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Body Modification: Encyclopedia Ii - Body Modification - Controversy
One controversial objective of body modification is the attempt to resemble another race, such as Asians having their epicanthal folds mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hypogonadism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hypogonadism - Diagnosis
Physicians measure gonadotropins (LH and FSH) to distinguish primary from secondary hypogonadism. In primary hypogonadism the LH and/or F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spaying And Neutering: Encyclopedia Ii - Spaying And Neutering - Modern Non-surgical Alternatives
Spaying and neutering - Injectable. Male dogs - Zinc gluconate neutralized by arginine. [1] Female mammals - Purified porcine zona pel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hijra South Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Hijra South Asia - Making A Living
Few employment opportunities are available to hijras, who must often resort to begging or prostitution (as Hindu temple prostitutes in pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hijra South Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Hijra South Asia - History
As mentioned above there is some resemblance between hijras and the ancient galli of Cybele. However, it is not known if there is a link ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hijra South Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Hijra South Asia - Becoming A Hijra
Becoming a hijra is a process of socialization into a "hijra family" through a relationship characterised as chela "student" to guru "tea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genital Modification And Mutilation: Encyclopedia Ii - Genital Modification And Mutilation - Circumcision
Issues surrounding female circumcision, also known as female genital mutilation or FGM, became prominent in the English-speaking world in...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpreation Castration: Dream Interpretations Dictionary - Castration
  Dream Interpretation Castration It is a very disturbing dream for any man, and more likely it relates to impotence or fear of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpreation Genitals: Dream Interpretations Dictionary - Genitals
  Dream Interpretation Genitals A dream of genitals is not a specifically sexual dream. In a man's dream it could be an allusio...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hair: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Hair
Hair : Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Hair   Hair - Represents knowledge, most often conscious knowledge (or the lack of). ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Death: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Being Injured, Ill Or Dying
Death : Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Being injured, ill or dying   Being injured, ill or dying One myth about dreaming is...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Castration Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Castration
Castration Dream Symbols: Removing obstacles that prevent a normal sexual life. Cutting oneself off from the norm; or from a normal se...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Boar Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Boar
Boar Dream Symbols: An uncontrollable masculine aspect. A need to castrate certain masculine aspects that can be controlling {i.e. bei...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hair Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Hair
Hair (1) Abundant hair may signify virility or male sexuality.   (2) Long matted hair or a (long white) beard may symbolize wisdo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hair Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Hair
Hair Dream Symbols: Abundant hair may signify virility or male sexuality. Cutting hair a loss of virility or castration. Power or inte...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Iv - C
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages IV - C . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article