Tormain Hill forum 2 room
Image by olly
close
more_vert

Rhiannon wrote:
veeery interesting, thankyou.

What on earth can it be about big rocks that gets you pregnant*. The witches stone doesn't look particularly phallic and pointy, then you could understand a bit more. And why not other stones / rock art? More scouring about required. but these things aren't written down are they. and they're not really the sort of thing to be communicated to respectable gentleman antiquarians, too delicate / or should that be, too earthy a subject.

*yes yes they don't really (presumably).

Possibly a remnant of their original function ,i.e. increase , or what may have been perceived as their original function . Almost holy relics without the prohibitions etc .

Rhiannon wrote:
What on earth can it be about big rocks that gets you pregnant
tiompan wrote:
Possibly a remnant of their original function
Long shot, rather tenuous, but maybe it's a case of what helps you stay pregnant being a memory/remnant of some function of similar marks. Compare with the bit about pica in this, if you scroll down to the bit about 'A review of the medical literature'

Unlikely really, but a nice excuse to post that link again :)