Amulets were both decoration and apotropaic charms. Homer illustrated Paeon the god, and the song both of apotropaic thanksgiving or triumph. Some non-Orthodox scholars think that tefillin may play an apotropaic function. Fufluns was shown in art with the thyrsus, satyrs, maenads, and other apotropaic symbols. Ashkenazi Jews' apotropaic names were often given not at birth but during serious illness. A penis depicted as erect and very large was laughter-provoking, grotesque, or apotropaic. The Gorgoneion appears to have originated as an apotropaic symbol intended to ward off evil. These were apotropaic meaning they were intended to ward off evil. They consist of provisioning, transition, and apotropaic or protective texts. The ash was believed to have healing and apotropaic powers. Breasts exposed with such intensity held apotropaic power. The "mukar" was alsoemployed in protective and apotropaic magic. The bison are one example of apotropaic icons in the Grand Staircase. Various plants are said to have apotropaic qualities, notably Mountain Ash. As regards masks (monsters, animals, demons), they have an apotropaic meaning.