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Remotely close to this? (but with a dog instead of goat and chicken-man)

http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/289/710

This is by no means the best example, but it's the clearest one I could find quickly. Usually interpreted as the temptation of St. Anthony. This scene is a very common Romanesque image.

The dog often appears on Romanesque carvings and quite often alone and with its dick very prominent.

http://www.beyond-the-pale.org.uk/zxAnnaghdown.htm

http://www.beyond-the-pale.org.uk/zxKilkea.htm

http://www.beyond-the-pale.org.uk/xmauriac2.jpg

This may be of interest. I certainly loved hearing the farmer tell me the tale:

http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/931


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17th July 2004ce
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