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phenomenon, and also contains a complete catalogue of all known Sheela-na-gigs, including hitherto unrecorded or unpublished figures.
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... figure. But whereas the vulva looks big and plump, giving the impression of fertility, the head and chest look bony and emaciated, suggesting old age. Many of the figures are quite badly weathered or deliberately defaced to an extent.
... figure. But whereas the vulva looks big and plump, giving the impression of fertility, the head and chest look bony and emaciated, suggesting old age. Many of the figures are quite badly weathered or deliberately defaced to an extent.
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... sculptures represented early Irish ecclesiastics, but only one of these, i.e. ... figures' or 'curious relics'.35 No ideas were advanced with regard to their ... fertility worship. He appears to be the first scholar who actually referred ...
... sculptures represented early Irish ecclesiastics, but only one of these, i.e. ... figures' or 'curious relics'.35 No ideas were advanced with regard to their ... fertility worship. He appears to be the first scholar who actually referred ...
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... fertility and prosperity as well as protection. Wright saw in Sheelas sexual ... figures of nude females exposing themselves in exactly the same manner 'are ... fertility figures, including the seven Irish Sheelas40 he portrayed, are ...
... fertility and prosperity as well as protection. Wright saw in Sheelas sexual ... figures of nude females exposing themselves in exactly the same manner 'are ... fertility figures, including the seven Irish Sheelas40 he portrayed, are ...
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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