Priapus
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Depending on the source Priapus could be the son of many immortal couples. The most popular legend, however, tells of Hera’s envy and rage taken out on an innocent child before his birth. Hera was furious with Paris for having judged Aphrodite as the more beautiful of the two goddesses. While Aphrodite was pregnant, Hera cursed the baby, Priapus, with ugliness, a dirty mind, and inconvenient impotence. Another version of the story has him being cursed when Hera becomes enraged by the fact that Zeus was his father. Either way the poor boy was cursed. Inconvenient impotence meant that he had a raging hard on all the time, unless he wanted to have sex, then he was unable to perform. It seems a bit counterintuitive for an impotent god to be associated with good luck, protection and fertility, but the size of his dick seems to have won out over his ability to perform. Penises were seen as symbols of fertility and protection and you will often see Priapus at the door of a home protecting those inside and scaring away unwanted visitors. You may also see him in the garden, sometimes acting as a scarecrow.
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