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The motif of ‘vagina dentata’, or ‘toothed vagina’, is found in folklore around the world. This myth suggests that a woman can castrate a man, using her toothed vagina as a weapon. Here is a round up of some of the best

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There are many of these myths in Indian folklore. In the state Madhya Pradesh, one story tells of a Brahmin who couldn’t marry his intended because her vagina had fangs. He hired three men to kidnap the woman & pull out the teeth so he could marry her washingtonpost.com/posteverything…
Other Indian folklore tells of the demon Śukra who is punished by Śiva by being crushed in a vulva with fangs. Other versions tell of the demon Āḍi taking the form of Pārvatī/Umā & placing sharp teeth in her vagina, in order to deceive Śiva and kill him. pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ed26/9fbf0c3b5…
In Japan, the Kanamara Matsuri festival (or metal penis festival) celebrates the legend of a woman who destroyed a toothed demon living inside her vagina that castrated her husband. She did this by fashioning a metal dildo to break it’s teeth.
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In Māori folklore, the demigod Māui tried to make humans immortal by turning into a caterpillar & crawling inside the goddess Hine-nui-te-pō's vagina. But she woke up & crushed Māui inside her massive toothed vagina & humans stayed mortal. (Māori carving of Hine-nui-te-pō & Māui)
In The Handbook of Native American Mythology, the Ponca story "Teeth in the Wrong Places" tells of sisters who have been cursed with vagina dentata by a witch. A trickster coyote kills the witch & saves one sister but kills the other when she bites him books.google.co.uk/books?id=IsyQu…
According to the Waspishiana and Taruma Native Americans, the first woman had a carnivorous fish inside her vagina.
It is very rare, but teeth really have been found growing inside the vagina. In 1989, The American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology reported a benign embroid tumor containing teeth growing in the wall of a woman's vagina. (CW graphic content)
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It popped up in a google image search for ‘vintage Christmas erotica’. I have no idea where it’s from or what the hell its about, but I wrote the entire thread just so I could use it. If anyone has any clue where it is from, please let me know.
Yes, it is the same Māui that appears in Moana. Obviously this was edited out of the film, but I think the story of him being crushed inside the vagina of a goddess can be viewed as a deleted scene on the DVD.
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