Sheela-na-gigs: Unravelling an EnigmaRoutledge, 15 օգս, 2005 թ. - 232 էջ Here Barbara Freitag examines all the literature on the subject since their discovery 160 years ago, highlighting the inconsistencies of the various interpretations in regard to origin, function and name. By considering the Sheela-na-gigs in their medieval social context, she suggests that they were folk deities with particular responsibility for assistance in childbirth. This fascinating survey sheds new light on a controversial phenomenon, and also contains a complete catalogue of all known Sheela-na-gigs, including hitherto unrecorded or unpublished figures.
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... . Furthermore, a sizeable number have been found on castles, and to a lesser extent were discovered overlooking holy wells, inset on bridges or built into town walls, gate pillars or the walls of dwelling places. The provenance 1 ...
... . Furthermore, a sizeable number have been found on castles, and to a lesser extent were discovered overlooking holy wells, inset on bridges or built into town walls, gate pillars or the walls of dwelling places. The provenance 1 ...
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... castles of Cloghan (29), Clomantagh (30), Doon (39) and Tullavin (90). And there is one case, in Merlin Park (66), where the Sheela is inserted upside down. Although existing elsewhere, the majority of Sheelas have been found in the ...
... castles of Cloghan (29), Clomantagh (30), Doon (39) and Tullavin (90). And there is one case, in Merlin Park (66), where the Sheela is inserted upside down. Although existing elsewhere, the majority of Sheelas have been found in the ...
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... castles. Twenty-eight of these castle Sheelas have either survived in their recorded place or are kept safe in museums, while the remaining 11 appear to have been removed and hidden or destroyed. Castle Sheelas seem to be a peculiarly ...
... castles. Twenty-eight of these castle Sheelas have either survived in their recorded place or are kept safe in museums, while the remaining 11 appear to have been removed and hidden or destroyed. Castle Sheelas seem to be a peculiarly ...
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... Castle Widenham figure (25) is depicted with some kind of wild hairstyle. Not having seen it and limited to judging from photographs only, I think that both the rectangular shape and the huge size militate against such an interpretation ...
... Castle Widenham figure (25) is depicted with some kind of wild hairstyle. Not having seen it and limited to judging from photographs only, I think that both the rectangular shape and the huge size militate against such an interpretation ...
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... Castle (58), Moate (67), Rahan (69), Fiddington (132), Romsey 1 (142) and Llandrindod Wells (165). Eyebrows are delineated in Ballylarkin (10), Clonbulloge (31), Rosnaree (76), Easthorpe (130) and Kilpeck (136). The eyes are invariably ...
... Castle (58), Moate (67), Rahan (69), Fiddington (132), Romsey 1 (142) and Llandrindod Wells (165). Eyebrows are delineated in Ballylarkin (10), Clonbulloge (31), Rosnaree (76), Easthorpe (130) and Kilpeck (136). The eyes are invariably ...
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abdomen Ampney St Peter ancient Andersen Archaeological Arms in front Ballyvourney Bernd Herrmann breasts British Isles Castle Celtic century charms childbirth Christian Clibborn Clonbulloge Clonmacnoise corbel Cork customs dance dead Description Dimensions Dublin early Irish England Etienne Rynne Europe exhibitionist facial features feet turned outwards female fertility figures Fethard Figure carved Folklore front of body Gélis genital area girdles goddess Guest hair hole Ibid idols incised indicated John JRSAI Kilpeck Kiltinane knees legs widely splayed Location London magic Marija Gimbutas McMahon/Roberts medieval Mercier midwife midwives mouth Museum of Ireland navel neck O’Donovan original oval ovoid eyes Oxford pagan Patrick placed pregnant pudenda quoin Ränk referred ribs ritual round head Scotland sculptures Seir Kieran sexual Sheela Sheela-na-gig Síle slab splayed legs squatting St Patrick’s Day stone Studies thighs Tipperary touching tradition Tugford Tullaroan vulva wall wedge nose woman women worship