mistle

Updated: June 29, 2025

It must not be supposed, however, that every obsession in this sphere has a symbolical value of an erotic kind. Anatomy of Melancholy, Part III, Section II, Mem. III, Subs. Thus, as, e.g., the Rev. Arthur East writes, the mistle thrush swallows the droppings of its young.

Havelock Ellis - Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 : Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy