the cult of Priapus it's very old, it was born in ancient Greece and the story says that he was the son of Aphrodite and another god (some say Dionysus some Zeus himself) and Hera, jealous of her unfaithful husband, gave him a grotesque look and a giant phallus.

It became an auspicious of fertility during Alexander the Great and an important figure in Roman mythology.

So he was born cursed, but then honored.