male sexual self-wounding

male god in preclassical Mayan mural at San Bartolo

In a preclassical Mayan creation mural from San Bartolo and dated to roughly 100 BGC, male gods draw blood from their penises as part of acts to establish the cosmos.  Wounding one’s own reproductive organ is odd behavior from an evolutionary perspective.

The wounding effect is naturally related to the female reproductive cycle.  Perhaps male sexual insecurity partly explains male sexual self-wounding.

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