Hah! Memorable, indeed. I had never seen a sharpening stone that shape - only rectangular or hockey puck-shaped.

Joking aside, as some of my other posts and the comments thereof have touched on, sex is very much a part of these tales, and given that the symbolism discussed in the article all has to do with cleverness, prowess, and authority, which are all things traditionally found attractive in men, the phallic symbolism likely shouldn't be discounted, so thank you for sharing!

And also, thank you for the kind words, if you have further thoughts on them, I'd love to hear them.