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| ==Vagina dentata in popular culture== | ==Vagina dentata in popular culture== | ||
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| * In the '']'' episode "]", the female villain ] attempts to feed Batman to her giant toothed ] which is a living animal due to Ivy's ]. The deadly plant is positioned vertically the entire time while trying to eat ]. | |||
| * ]'s beautiful humanoid alien queen from his book '']'' is equipped with one like a snapper turtle's jaws. | |||
| * One adaptation of this myth within a Western context comes from the ] '']'', in which one of the protagonists is said to have been given the power to kill her sexual partners by ]s. | |||
| * On an episode of ]'s popular sketch ], Wayne (]), returns a sarcastic remark made by a female guest with a comment about her "major vagina dentata!" | |||
| * An example can be found in the book '']'' by ]. In ''Snow Crash'', the teenage girl "Y.T." mentions several times (usually when she sees a man sexually aroused by her) that her "dentata" will protect her from ]. It's clear that if she is to engage in consensual ], she needs to take it out. Late in the book, when she forgets to take it out, it is revealed that the dentata is a tiny device that incapacitates anyone who succeeds in penetration: "...a very small hypodermic needle slipped imperceptibly into the engorged frontal vein of his penis, automatically shooting a cocktail of powerful narcotics and depressants into his bloodstream." | |||
| * Mentioned in the book '']'' by ], when a protagonist has sexual intercourse with his lover, who slowly morphs into the bladed demon known as "The Shrike". | |||
| * An ] that circulated during the ] concerned ]s who, working with the ], were supposed to have implanted glass knives or razor blades into their vaginas, which they used to injure ]s (however, see ]). | |||
| * In ]'s '']'' (known in English as '']''), the hero narrowly avoids castration when the Spider Woman demon attempts to take a bite during a bout of sex. | |||
| * In ]'s novel '']'' a young ]n girl prevents a rape by claiming to be a ] with a toothed vagina. At another point a ] is revealed to be a god when she envelops a man's entire body in her vagina. | |||
| * A more bizarre version of the vagina dentata appears in artist ]'s designs for the titular creature from the film '']''. | |||
| * There is also a depiction of it in the books by ] set in the ] epoch (''The ]'') in which the ] females were so equipped. | |||
| * A character encounters a vagina dentata up close and personal in ]'s novel '']''. | |||
| * The web comic strip ] included a musical tribute (sung to the tune of ]) to the phenomenon.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.queenofwands.net/d/20040121.html| title=Queen of Wands| last=Aeire| accessdate=2006-03-16| year=2004| month=January 21}}</ref> | * The web comic strip ] included a musical tribute (sung to the tune of ]) to the phenomenon.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.queenofwands.net/d/20040121.html| title=Queen of Wands| last=Aeire| accessdate=2006-03-16| year=2004| month=January 21}}</ref> | ||
| * In the South American Indian ]-Pilaga myth of "the origin of women", a group of women with toothed vaginas appear from the sky and steal the men's meat from their roofs, though eventually the men "get the better of the toothed vaginas", as do the men in a similar ] myth.<ref>{{cite book| first=Claude| last=Lévi-Strauss| year=1975| title=The Raw and the Cooked: Introduction to a Science of Mythology: I (Le Cru et le Cuit)| pages=113-114| location=New York | publisher=Harper Colophon| coauthors=Translated by Doreen Weightman and John Weightman}}</ref> | * In the South American Indian ]-Pilaga myth of "the origin of women", a group of women with toothed vaginas appear from the sky and steal the men's meat from their roofs, though eventually the men "get the better of the toothed vaginas", as do the men in a similar ] myth.<ref>{{cite book| first=Claude| last=Lévi-Strauss| year=1975| title=The Raw and the Cooked: Introduction to a Science of Mythology: I (Le Cru et le Cuit)| pages=113-114| location=New York | publisher=Harper Colophon| coauthors=Translated by Doreen Weightman and John Weightman}}</ref> | ||
| * Vagina dentata is a recurring theme throughout the novel ''Christopher Unborn'' by ], including the state of Mexico surgically implanting jewel-encrusted teeth into the vagina of a young girl chosen to be the country's new iconic ]. Later in the novel a suitor successfully couples with her by wearing a wooden condom. | |||
| * In the popular list of "50 REASONS WHY ] SUCKS" on the internet, the 50th and final reason is "The ] as Freud's Vagina Dentate".<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=features&Id=172| title=50 REASONS WHY RETURN OF THE JEDI SUCKS| first=Dan| last=Vebber| year=2001| month=May 15| accessdate=2006-03-16}}</ref> | * In the popular list of "50 REASONS WHY ] SUCKS" on the internet, the 50th and final reason is "The ] as Freud's Vagina Dentate".<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=features&Id=172| title=50 REASONS WHY RETURN OF THE JEDI SUCKS| first=Dan| last=Vebber| year=2001| month=May 15| accessdate=2006-03-16}}</ref> | ||
| * In the '']'' episode ], when Father Maxi asks why the Catholics must molest children, it is revealed that there exists a sect of Catholicism composed of aliens, and that the females of the alien species have a vagina "three feet wide and lined with thousands of razor-sharp teeth" making sexual intercourse with them extremely unpleasant. Additionally, in a later episode entitled "]", an FBI agent, while searching for a nuclear device in Hilary Clinton's vagina, encounters an apparently living creature within that proceeds to gruesomely devour his head before ejecting his body from the vagina. | |||
| * In ]'s novel ], the mythical ] is characterized as the female "Auntie" with "teef between her legs". | |||
| * In ]'s film ], the camera pans to and fixes on an object resembling a vagina dentata. The object hangs near a bed on an otherwise empty bedroom wall. | |||
| * In ] Hannibal King (portrayed by ]) jokingly states that the film villain Danica has her vampiric fangs in her vagina. | |||
| * In the '']'' novel by ], it is implied that the female ] Kym has a vagina dentata body modification and uses it in the conclusion of the book to incapacitate the ]. | |||
| * In ], the character of Elias tells ] that his girlfriend has a little troll in her vagina named "Pillow Pants", and another in her mouth named "Lister Fiend". Elias believes that these trolls will bite off anything that he puts into her vagina or mouth prior to her 21st birthday, a very likely reference to the myth of vagina dentata. The normally jaded and unshockable Randal is visibly dismayed by Elias' statement. | |||
| * In ], book 2 of the ] by ], an antagonist, Theon Greyjoy, dreams of having sex with a woman that he dominates in real life, only to find that in his dream she has 'teeth both above and below'. This is appropriate, as Theon spends much of the book in fear of his virtu and manhood, and is deeply shamed when his younger sister, Asha, is held more manly than he. | |||
| *Canadian author ]'s novel, Last Summer at Barebone's, involves an obese female stand-up comedian with the stage name 'vagina dentata', Anglicized in the book as 'toothed cunt'. | |||
| * One of the ] cartoons is about a female looking alien who has a fanged mouth instead of a vagina.<ref>http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=0PBF41029BC-Nice_Try_Zarflax.jpg#43</ref> | * One of the ] cartoons is about a female looking alien who has a fanged mouth instead of a vagina.<ref>http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=0PBF41029BC-Nice_Try_Zarflax.jpg#43</ref> | ||
| *The 2007 Sundance film ] by Mitchell Lichtenstein is galvanized by the vagina dentata mythology. | |||
| *The cover art of ]'s ] '']'' depicts a drawing of a sickly looking female covered in green worms, sitting infront of a gigantic Vagina Dentata. | |||
| * In the series of "Burgess n Melces" by Melibe Mukade, many "dimroids" appears, the girls exchanged the position of mouth and vagina.<ref>http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4883560120/</ref> | * In the series of "Burgess n Melces" by Melibe Mukade, many "dimroids" appears, the girls exchanged the position of mouth and vagina.<ref>http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4883560120/</ref> | ||
| * In the ] webcomic ''Tomoyo42's Room'' it is implied that Tomoyo may have this as Sakura is bitten while sniffing there. It was able to bite even though she was still wearing underclothing. It could in theory be on her right inner thigh too.<ref>http://manga.clone-army.org/t42r.php?page=133&lang=</ref> | * In the ] webcomic ''Tomoyo42's Room'' it is implied that Tomoyo may have this as Sakura is bitten while sniffing there. It was able to bite even though she was still wearing underclothing. It could in theory be on her right inner thigh too.<ref>http://manga.clone-army.org/t42r.php?page=133&lang=</ref> | ||
| * In Harlan Ellison's short story "Broken Glass" a young woman enjoying a private sexual fantasy on a public bus is stalked by a malevolent male telepath who enters her mind and attempts to "rape" her. She mindscapes a vagina dentata and proceeds to kill his psyche. | |||
| * The name of the first ] in the middle east originated from ] in February 2004 (though closer to death metal in sound), the band (whose status is ambiguous) now officially supports ] and ] as main goals of the underground lifestyle. | |||
| * In ]'s ] Trilogy, Malta Vestrit, a protagonist, successfully fends off a group of Chalcedian sailors who attempt to rape her by claiming that she was having her 'blood' (her period). The Chalcedians believe that the vagina of a woman in her period is capable of biting off a man's penis. | |||
| * In the 1996 horror movie '']'', the heroine is captured by alien fish-men, before being rescued by the hero. Later they have sex, where it is revealed that her vagina has been altered into a fanged mouth, and she violently emasculates him. | |||
| * Mentioned in the third commentary track of the DVD for '']'' <!-- Unrated or theatrical or both? --> by the cast member ] in character as Deputy Cherisha Kimball. | |||
| * In the ]'s CORPG ], the mother of all Stygian demons, the "Dreadspawn Maw", is a giant pulsating, tentacled and toothed orifice, which is heavily implied to be a vagina dentata.<ref>http://wiki.guildwars.com/Dreadspawn_Maw</ref> | * In the ]'s CORPG ], the mother of all Stygian demons, the "Dreadspawn Maw", is a giant pulsating, tentacled and toothed orifice, which is heavily implied to be a vagina dentata.<ref>http://wiki.guildwars.com/Dreadspawn_Maw</ref> | ||
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Vagina dentata is Latin for toothed vagina. The tale is frequently told as a cautionary tale warning of the dangers of sex with strange women.
Cultural basis
The vagina dentata appears in the myths of several cultures, most notably in several North American Indian tribes. Erich Neumann relays one such myth in which “A meat-eating fish inhabits the vagina of the Terrible Mother; the hero is the man who overcomes the Terrible Mother, breaks the teeth out of her vagina, and so makes her into a woman.”
The vagina dentata has proven a captivating image for many artists and writers, particularly among surrealist or psycho-analytic works.
Although this myth is associated with the fear of castration, it is often falsely attributed to Sigmund Freud. Freud never mentions the term in any of his psychoanalytic work and it runs counter to his own ideas about castration. For Freud, the vagina signifies the fear of castration because the young (male) child assumes that women once had a penis that is now absent. The vagina, then, is the result of castration, not the cause of it.
The myth expresses the threat sexual intercourse poses for men who, although entering triumphantly, always leave diminished. There may also be parallels between the myth and ancient marriage laws that protected women as the property of a man.
Barbara Walker has speculated that this myth gave rise to the medieval European depiction of the opening of Hell as a giant mouth.
Anti-rape female condom
Main article: Anti-rape female condomIn 2005, inventor Sonette Ehlers introduced the "Rapex", an anti-rape female condom which can be inserted into the vaginal canal like a diaphragm. The product is lined with hairs which attach to a rapist's penis and which must be surgically removed. In an article about the Rapex, Ehlers stated that she was inspired to invent the device after meeting a victim who told her, "If only I had teeth down there."
Vagina dentata in popular culture
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- The web comic strip Queen of Wands included a musical tribute (sung to the tune of Hakuna Matata) to the phenomenon.
- In the South American Indian Toba-Pilaga myth of "the origin of women", a group of women with toothed vaginas appear from the sky and steal the men's meat from their roofs, though eventually the men "get the better of the toothed vaginas", as do the men in a similar Wichí myth.
- In the popular list of "50 REASONS WHY RETURN OF THE JEDI SUCKS" on the internet, the 50th and final reason is "The Sarlacc Pit as Freud's Vagina Dentate".
- One of the The Perry Bible Fellowship cartoons is about a female looking alien who has a fanged mouth instead of a vagina.
- In the series of "Burgess n Melces" by Melibe Mukade, many "dimroids" appears, the girls exchanged the position of mouth and vagina.
- In the Clone Manga webcomic Tomoyo42's Room it is implied that Tomoyo may have this as Sakura is bitten while sniffing there. It was able to bite even though she was still wearing underclothing. It could in theory be on her right inner thigh too.
- In the ArenaNet's CORPG Guild Wars Nightfall, the mother of all Stygian demons, the "Dreadspawn Maw", is a giant pulsating, tentacled and toothed orifice, which is heavily implied to be a vagina dentata.
References
- Neumann, Erich (1955). The Great Mother. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 168.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - Simon, B.; Blass, R.B. (1991). Cambridge Companion to Freud: The development and vicissitudes of Freud's ideas on the Oedipus Complex. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-3779-X.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: length (help) - Ducat, Stephen J. (2004). The Wimp Factor. Boston: Beacon Press. pp. 115–149.
- Dixon, Robyn (2005). "Controversy in South Africa over device to snare rapists". Retrieved 2006-03-16.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - Aeire (2004). "Queen of Wands". Retrieved 2006-03-16.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - Lévi-Strauss, Claude (1975). The Raw and the Cooked: Introduction to a Science of Mythology: I (Le Cru et le Cuit). New York: Harper Colophon. pp. 113–114.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - Vebber, Dan (2001). "50 REASONS WHY RETURN OF THE JEDI SUCKS". Retrieved 2006-03-16.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=0PBF41029BC-Nice_Try_Zarflax.jpg#43
- http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4883560120/
- http://manga.clone-army.org/t42r.php?page=133&lang=
- http://wiki.guildwars.com/Dreadspawn_Maw
See also
- Teeth (film) - 2007 Sundance film
External links
- Dr. Dean Edell Health Central
- Cumbersnatch, a Flash cartoon by Dean Packis