Sheela-na-gigs

Unravelling an Enigma

By: Barbara Freitag

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Hardcover | 16 September 2004 | Edition Number 1

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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phenomenon, and also contains a complete catalogue of all known Sheela-na-gigs, including hitherto unrecorded or unpublished figures.

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Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
The Sheela-na-gig Phenomenon
Special identifying Features, distinctive Gestures and Classification
The Problem of Dating
Sheelas and Academic Research
Scholarly Discovery and first Speculations during the nineteenth Century a. Ireland b. England, Scotland and Wales
Twentieth century Theories a. A Norse Fertility Goddess b. A divine Patron of Women c. A Pagan Symbol of Fertility d. A Celtic Goddess e. A Christian Warning of Sin f. A Mater Ecclesia
The Problem of the Name
Sheela-na-gig ^DDS The Sculpture
Sheela na gigg ^DDS The Dance
Sheelanagig ^DDS The Ship
A new Look at the Name a. 'Sheelagh (i. e. Ireland)' b. Sheila ^DDS Saint Patrick's stormy Wife c. gig ^DDS A Woman's Privities
Sheelas, Birth, Death and Medieval Rural Traditions
The Hazards of Medieval Motherhood
Women's Helpers during Labour a. Stones b. Girdles c. Charms d
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