As a phallic symbol, the menhir must have been inseparably related to a Celtic sun-cult; because among all ancient peoples where phallic worship has prevailed, the sun has been venerated as the supreme masculine force in external nature from which all life proceeds, while the phallus has been venerated as the corresponding force in human nature.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
He watched women twisting their bodies around poles as if each movement of being a woman was centered on waxing the shiny phallus.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills
Here and there rose a stone phallus, and large stags roamed peacefully about, spurning the fallen fir-cones with their cloven hoofs.
"Salammbo"
Gustave Flaubert