If you look at humankind’s history, you realize that the male penis was always a talking point among people, no matter what age they lived in, and what culture they were a part of. In ancient civilizations, some thought that consuming parts of other people – mostly their enemies – would grant them their abilities. In particular, the penis was used as an amulet in several cultures, with the bearer hoping to bring on good luck and prosperity. We may think of these aspects as primitive now, but they were an important part of certain traditions.
Little Man, Illustrious History
When we are talking about Napoleon, the phrase “big dick” often comes up but not necessarily in the context, one would think. The French military and political leader was well known for being a rude and demanding figure. In 1977, an American urologist participated in an auction and ended up with an item that made man headlines around the world, Napoleon’s penis. The story started much earlier than that, however, in 1821 when the French politician died. According to the stories, the attending doctor took out multiple organs of Napoleon, including his male member. There are no clear details on where the penis was between Napoleon’s death and the 1920s when the Museum of French Arts displayed it during the exhibit.
Although it’s possible that Mother Nature wasn’t kind on the remains, the short general’s member was described as “a maltreated strip of buckskin shoelace”, while another wordsmith called it a “shriveled eel”. Neither description was kind. The next time the penis made the news was when John J. Lattimer bought it in 1977. He was an American urologist with quite the pedigree. The penis has been passed down within the family since, and Lattimer’s daughter even did an interview on it. Anthropologists say that keeping these weird heirlooms could be a reflex that points back to ancient times when our primal instincts were still part of our personality. Others think it is nothing more than paying homage to someone and keep part of them as a relic, however weird or intimate the object is.
The Penis with a Wart
What likely is the most famous example for an illustrious and historically relevant penis, is Rasputin’s pickled male member, currently displayed in the Russian Museum of Erotica. Rasputin was a mystic and self-proclaimed holy man, living in St-Petersburg in the late 1890’s and early 1900s, up until his premature death in 1916. According to the lore, he was quite the influential fellow, even earning a spot as the advisor of Czar Nicholas II.
As a popular figure, he enjoyed the company of politicians, aristocrats. A handsome and charismatic man, he had an army of lovers as well. Rasputin was well known for his penis size, and that attracted members from both sexes, to his pleasure. There is a tale about a woman who supposedly had an orgasm so strong courtesy Rasputin, that she passed out as a result. Felix Yusopov, who was his male lover, said that Rasputin had a large and somewhat misshapen penis with a wart on it, which doesn’t sound very sexy, but apparently, the blemish’s location made sex with him extra enjoyable.
Eventually, Rasputin made many enemies for a variety of reasons, and they tried to kill him on a number of occasions. He was poisoned numerous times, shot once, but survived. Eventually, they found him face down in a river, with his body mutilated and his prized member missing. There were rumors that the maid who originally found him chopped down his penis, what we can only assume to be for recreational reasons. Today, the Russian Museum has it on display, so everyone can see the most famous penis in the history of Russia.
