The statue, which is unidentified, has apparently become a fertility symbol.

Some kind of fertility symbol, said a friend who sat opposite us, and then she predicted more children.

To view them as fertility symbols would be to resort to conventions that have no place here.

He glanced at the fertility symbol, then averted his eyes.

The dark green leaves and white berries were also a Celtic fertility symbol.

Fertility symbols have traditionally taken on many different forms.

It is an ancient goddess holding two snakes - fertility symbols - in her hands.

It was probably used as a fertility symbol.

Fertility symbols they may be, but they are nevertheless extraordinarily elegant.

The spiders, birds, and plants could be fertility symbols.

There is a male fertility symbol carved into the northern face of the eastern abutment.

So, they enjoy playing koni-juj on Bihu as a fertility symbol.

Eggs, like rabbits and hares, are fertility symbols of antiquity.

All the images, idols and fertility symbols were taken out of the Temple and burned.

There are several twitchers, dangling lenses from their necks like electronic fertility symbols.

Yet Ash-Wednesday maintains a connection with the fertility symbols of the savage world.

Fertility Symbol and lineage willingness, example of courage and deliverance.

In the prior cases mentioned, the animals are considered lucky, the rat in particular functioning as a fertility symbol.

Certain scholars have suggested that there is a religious significance to the designs or that the representations are fertility symbols.

The popular belief in fixing these symbols is that it wards off evil spirits, and not as a fertility symbol.

A bronze object shaped like a fertility symbol lies on a satin pillow at the head of a clean bed with the sheet pulled back.

Traditional American Thanksgiving tables still bore pagan, horned fertility symbols.

Themes include hunting scenes, fertility symbols, bears, moose, reindeer and crowded boats.

In living memory a piece of Pudding Stone was given to a bride and groom, possibly as a fertility symbol.

Mr. Bleiberg said that the depiction of fish, a common fertility symbol, might also reflect hope for rebirth in the next life.