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phenomenon, and also contains a complete catalogue of all known Sheela-na-gigs, including hitherto unrecorded or unpublished figures.
|
From inside the book
Արդյունքներ 75–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ
... figures are quite clumsily made, suggesting the efforts of amateur carvers, but there are also some well executed ... carved from natural rounded stones or boulders, and in these cases usually only one side is dressed, leaving the ...
... figures are quite clumsily made, suggesting the efforts of amateur carvers, but there are also some well executed ... carved from natural rounded stones or boulders, and in these cases usually only one side is dressed, leaving the ...
Էջ
... carvings are employed horizontally, so that the figure despite having been carved as standing is inserted sideways, with the effect that it appears to be lying on its side. Six of these reclining Sheelas are on church buildings—Cashel ...
... carvings are employed horizontally, so that the figure despite having been carved as standing is inserted sideways, with the effect that it appears to be lying on its side. Six of these reclining Sheelas are on church buildings—Cashel ...
Էջ
... figures clearly indicating ribs, only three belong to England, i.e. Ampney ... carved with greater determination. The incisions are more resolute and ... figures with ribbing may of course be higher, what with many Sheelas being weather ...
... figures clearly indicating ribs, only three belong to England, i.e. Ampney ... carved with greater determination. The incisions are more resolute and ... figures with ribbing may of course be higher, what with many Sheelas being weather ...
Էջ
... figures known to Jerman, he could only find five Sheelas in co-existence ... figures. A close investigation of Jerman's dating reveals a serious problem. Only in ... carved in the round, and they are quite crude sculptures differing ...
... figures known to Jerman, he could only find five Sheelas in co-existence ... figures. A close investigation of Jerman's dating reveals a serious problem. Only in ... carved in the round, and they are quite crude sculptures differing ...
Էջ
... Figures which form part of a larger decorative pattern on corbels, arches, or capitals. 2. Single figures carved on material forming structural parts of the buildings' fabric such as quoins, keystones, lintels, apex stones or roof ...
... Figures which form part of a larger decorative pattern on corbels, arches, or capitals. 2. Single figures carved on material forming structural parts of the buildings' fabric such as quoins, keystones, lintels, apex stones or roof ...
Այլ խմբագրություններ - View all
Common terms and phrases
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