The Castrated Gods and their Castration Cults: Revenge, Punishment, and Spiritual Supremacy

Voluntary castration has existed as a religious practice up to the present day, openly in India and secretively in other parts of the world. Gods in a number of different…

Emasculating healers. Medical castration practices in Greco-Roman antiquity

In the course of the human past the elimination of the testicles of boys and men – what we call castration – has taken place for a variety of reasons.…

Zeuterin, it rhymes with neuterin

Zeuterin (zĆ«-tur-in) is the trade name of an injectable product containing zinc gluconate and the amino acid arginine, which is used for sterilizing young male dogs without the removal of the testicles. The product is injected…