If the priests of Diana of Ephesus castrated themselves and offered their genitals on the altar, it was because the phallus was the symbol of the dying body.

If thou dost love, my kindness shall incite thee To bind our loves up in a holy band; For others say thou dost deserve, and I Believe it better than reportingly.

They became, not civilly, but civilizedly dead.

Swollen breasts, morning sickness, and a missed period are classic symptoms of pregnancy.