Jun 14, 2025
Becoming Well-Endowed in Brazil
“Among the Indians of Brazil [i.e., Native Brazilians, c. 1889] at the mouth of the Amazon, when a man wishes to increase the size of his generative organ, he strikes it with the fruit of a white aquatic plant called an aninga, which grows luxuriantly on the banks of the river. The fruit, which is inedible, resembles a banana, and is clearly chosen for this purpose on account of its shape. The ceremony should be performed three days before or after the new moon.”
—J. G. Frazer, The Scapegoat (The Golden Bough, vol. IX, 1913, p. 264)
An aninga plant in flower in the Amazon region of Brazil.
(Source: Chris Krambeck, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
