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647: 538: 155: 60: 483: 455:"). Andersen devotes a chapter to this theory, entitled "Pagan or Medieval". While suggesting possible pagan influences on Irish sheela na gigs, he considers them as having a medieval context. He argues that pagan origins are less likely than influence from the continent during the medieval period: "What can be said against it, is that it is less easily proved and can be less easily illustrated than the possible continental, French origin for the motif discussed in earlier chapters" ( 273: 378:". They cite Andersen's second chapter as a good discussion of the name. Andersen says there is no evidence that "sheela na gig" was ever a popular name for the figures when they were created. It began during the mid-19th century "where popular understanding of the characteristics of a sheela were vague and people were wary of its apparent rudeness". An earlier reference to the dubious nature of the name is made by H. C. Lawlor in an article in 525:. (Freitag argues against this.) Pilgrim sculptors noted what they had seen on the route and ended up carving their own interpretations of the motifs. Eventually, the exhibitionist motif was transferred to Ireland and Britain. This theory seems to accommodate many of the religious figures but relates less well to some of the secular ones. Images carved on castles would not seem to be serving a religious purpose. The figure at 444:(1993) draws parallels between the sheela na gig and the ancient Irish myth of the goddess who granted kingship. She would appear as a lustful hag, and most men would refuse her advances, except for one man who accepted. When he had relations with her, she was transformed into a beautiful maiden who would confer royalty onto him and bless his reign. There are additional variants of this common 671:
reach, as the interpretation of what is a sheela na gig will vary among scholars. For example, Freitag omits the Rochester figure from her list while Weir and Jerman include it. Concannon includes some worn figures which only she has identified as sheela na gigs. With renewed interest in the topic, scholars have recently identified previously unknown figures, so more could be discovered.
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images. These images, they argue, were used as a means of religious instruction to a largely illiterate populace. As part of this interpretation, they explore a continental origin for the figures. Andersen first suggested this origin, and Weir and Jerman continued and expanded this line of inquiry. They argue the motif migrated from the continent via the
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These female figures protect the villagers' health and ward off all evil spirits as well. They are constructed by ritual specialists according to strict rules, which if broken would result in the specialist's as well as the chief's death. It is not coincidental that each example of signs representing
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As noted above, Ireland has the greatest number of known sheela na gigs. At one time, they were mistakenly thought to be a uniquely Irish practice; however, scholars realized that the sheela na gig motif could be found all over western and central Europe. Accurate numbers of figures are difficult to
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Scholars disagree about the origins of the figures. James Jerman and Anthony Weir believe the sheela na gigs were first carved in France and Spain during the 11th century; the motif eventually reached Britain and then Ireland in the 12th century. Jerman and Weir's work was a continuation of research
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proposed this, as did Anne Ross, who wrote in her essay "The Divine Hag of the Pagan Celts", "I would like to suggest that in their earliest iconographic form they do in fact portray the territorial or war-goddess in her hag-like aspect". Georgia Rhoades suggests the figures may represent the crone
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has reinterpreted the concept of the sheela na gig especially in terms of the image as evil or embodiment of sin. Feminists have adopted the image as an icon with feminist authors viewing the sexuality of the sheela na gig more positively as an empowering figure. Reverence for female sexuality and
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This hypothesis usually is combined with the "goddess" explanation. Barbara Freitag suggests the figures were used in a fertility context and associate them with "birthing stones". There is folkloric evidence of at least some of the sheela na gigs being used in this manner, with the figures being
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A popular hypothesis is sheela na gigs represent a pagan goddess, but academics believe the situation was more complex, with multiple interpretations and roles for the female character as spiritual traditions changed over time. The goddess in question usually is identified as Celtic, the hag-like
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The greatest concentrations can be found in Ireland, Great Britain, France and Spain, sometimes together with male figures. Ireland has the greatest number of surviving sheela na gig carvings; Joanne McMahon and Jack Roberts cite 124 examples in Ireland and 45 examples in Britain. One of the best
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Weir and Jerman suggested the sheela na gigs served to warn against lust. They see the figures as a religious warning against sins of the flesh. Exhibitionist figures of all types—male, female, and bestial—are found frequently in the company of images of beasts devouring people and other hellish
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has an associated tradition of being shown to brides on their wedding day. This theory does not seem to apply to all the figures: some are thin with their ribs showing and thin breasts, which do not suggest fertility. Others are plump and are shown in a sexual context with a partner (as at
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claims that the image of the Sheela na gig has almost become emblematic of Irish feminism as a force for hope and change. Scholar Georgia Rhoades argues that for many contemporary feminists the gesture of the Sheela's unapologetic sexual display is "a message about her body, its power and
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Vol. 31, January 1931 (Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland), in which he writes, "The term 'sheela-na-gig' has no etymological meaning and is an absurd name." Andersen, Weir and Jerman, and Freitag all dismiss the name as being modern and somewhat arbitrary.
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religion. They note what they claim are differences of materials and styles of some sheela na gigs from their surrounding structures, and noting some are turned on their side, to support the idea they were incorporated from previous structures into
352:(c.1795). These are the oldest recorded references to the name, but do not apply to the architectural figures. The Royal Navy's records indicate the name of the ship refers to an "Irish female sprite". Freitag discovered that "gig" was a 589:(23 September 1977) in which a potentially violent incident involving several men was averted by a woman exposing her genitals to them. They doubt, however, whether the story was true. Weir and Jerman go on to suggest that the 508:, who seem to represent fertility. The faces of some figures are striated, indicating scarring or tattoos. Weir notes a close examination of the figures reveals features which are not consistent with a fertility function. 469:
Freitag explores possible Celtic pagan origins, but finds little to suggest a link; "in particular the notion of the divine hag being a portrayal of the Ur-Sheela has to be firmly dismissed as wayward conjecture"
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conquest (12th century). The areas which remained governed by native Irish have few sheela na gigs. Weir and Jerman also argue their location on churches and the grotesque features of the figures, by
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function seems to have been gradually ascribed to the figures over time. While this theory seems to apply to most of the secular and some of the religious figures, it does not apply to all of them.
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Andersen and Weir and Jerman think the figures may also have been used as protection against evil. This would explain the use of the figures on structures such as castles. They served an
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figurine on the motif, but they acknowledge the link is tenuous. They write, "It makes for very interesting speculation, but the amount of evidence is not large".
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Much of the disagreement among scholars about these figures concerns exactly what they are meant to represent, and no theory explains all the figures.
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the female genitalia used as apotropaic devices are found on gates. The vulva is the primordial gate, the mysterious divide between nonlife and life.
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in Dublin, draws attention to the distribution of sheela na gigs in Ireland to support Weir and Jerman's theory; almost all of the surviving
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contexts, especially in France, northern Spain, Britain, and Norway. In Ireland figures commonly are found in areas of Norman influence.
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loaned out to women in labour. Other examples are associated with wedding traditions. According to Margaret Murray, the figure in
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Weir and Jerman use the name sheela for the figure because it had entered popular usage; they also term figures of both sexes "
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appears on a stable (although this may have been moved from elsewhere). The theory does not seem to apply to all the figures.
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Oakley, Dr. Theresa & Woodcock, Dr. Alex, "The Romanesque Corbel Table at St John's, Devizes and its Sheela na gig",
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wall in Rochestown, County Tipperary, Ireland; the name also was recorded in 1840 by John O'Donovan, an official of the
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An extensive guide to male and female exhibitionist carvings in Western Europe by the co-author of "Images of Lust".
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Goode, Starr & Dexter, Miriam Robbins, "Sexuality, the Sheela na gigs, and the Goddess in Ancient Ireland",
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Dexter, Miriam Robbins & Goode, Starr, "The Sheela na gigs, Sexuality, and the Goddess in Ancient Ireland",
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Another theory, espoused by Joanne McMahon and Jack Roberts, is the carvings are remnants of a pre-Christian
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Wide-open to Mirth and Wonder: Twentieth-Century Sheela-na-Gigs as Multiple Signifiers of the Female Body
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The Sheela-na-Gigs of Ireland and Britain: The Divine Hag of the Christian Celts – An Illustrated Guide
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Mullin, Molly (1991). "Representations of History, Irish Feminism, and the Politics of Difference".
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The oldest recorded name for one of the figures is "The Idol", which relates to the figure at
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A guide to Romanesque churches in Portugal. Includes male and female exhibitionist figures.
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function, designed to ward off evil. In Ireland, some of the figures were called "The
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Costa, Joaquim Luís – "Lust and iconography in the Portuguese Romanesque sculpture".
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Female symbolism in church architecture, with several references to sheela na gigs
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On The Worship of the Generative Powers during the Middle Ages of Western Europe
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the Irish form of the Anglo-Norman name Cecile or Cecilia) on her hunkers".
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Obscenity: Social Control and Artistic Creation in the European Middle Ages
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Stones", which supported their theory. Some folkloric evidence is known of
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JĂžrgen Andersen writes that the name is an Irish phrase, originally either
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Representations of History, Irish Feminism, and the Politics of Difference
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The carvings may have been used to ward off death, evil and demons. Other
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Contemporary examples can be found in Ireland as part of Project Sheela.
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slang word for a woman's genitals. A similar word in modern Irish slang
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Power, Rosemary (2012). "Iona's Sheela-na-gig and Its Visual Context".
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Includes several references to apotropaic exposure of female genitalia
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Weir and Jerman explore the possible influence of the ancient Greek
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is a figurative carving of a naked woman displaying an exaggerated
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1840–1844, as a local name for a carving once present on a church
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2003 – The Dictionary spells the name hyphenated, "Sheela-na-gig"
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The Sheela-na-gigs of Ireland, An Illustrated Map & Guide
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A guide to sheela na gig carvings and sheela na gigs in the
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Sacred Display: Divine and Magical Female Figures of Eurasia
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Sheela na gig on the south-west pillar of the presbytery in
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A comprehensive guide to all the Sheela na Gigs in Ireland
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A sheela-like figure in a non-architectural context, the "
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The Power of Display: Sheela na gigs and Folklore Customs
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Rhoades, Georgia (2010). "Decoding the Sheela-na-gig".
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Sheela na Gigg from 48 Original Irish Dances (score)
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Andersen reproduces an 18th-century illustration by
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An account of the remains of the worship of Priapus
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Index

Sheela na Gig
Sheela-Na-Gig (song)

church
Kilpeck
Herefordshire

British Museum
vulva
architectural grotesques
cathedrals
castles
Round Tower
Rattoo
County Kerry
Tralee
Kilpeck
Herefordshire
grotesque
gargoyles
hunky punks
Europe
evil spirits
apotropaic magic

St. Magnus Cathedral
Norman
Romanesque
National Museum of Ireland
Anglo-Norman

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