Sheela-na-gigs: Unravelling an Enigma
Autor Barbara Freitagen Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 sep 2004
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phenomenon, and also contains a complete catalogue of all known Sheela-na-gigs, including hitherto unrecorded or unpublished figures.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780415345538
ISBN-10: 0415345537
Pagini: 232
Dimensiuni: 174 x 246 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0415345537
Pagini: 232
Dimensiuni: 174 x 246 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
General, Postgraduate, and UndergraduateNotă biografică
Lecturer in Intercultural Studies in the school of Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies, Dublin City University.
Cuprins
Acknowledgements List of abbreviations INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I: The Sheela-na-gig Phenomenon 1. Special identifying Features, distinctive Gestures and Classification 2. The Problem of Dating CHAPER II: Sheelas and Academic Research 1. Scholarly Discovery and first Speculations during the nineteenth Century a. Ireland b. England, Scotland and Wales 2. 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 CHAPTER III: The Problem of the Name 1. Sheela-na-gig ^DDS The Sculpture 2. Sheela na gigg ^DDS The Dance 3. Sheelanagig ^DDS The Ship 4. 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 CHAPTER IV: Sheelas, Birth, Death and Medieval Rural Traditions 1. The Hazards of Medieval Motherhood 2. Women's Helpers during Labour a. Stones b. Girdles c. Charms d. Midwives 3. Sheelas and Folk Religion a. Folk Deities assisting at Birth b. The continuous Cycle of Life and Death 4. The Christian Church and Folk Religion 5. Sheela Precursers and similar Figures CONCLUSION SHEELA-Na-Gig Catalogue 1. Ireland 2. England 3. Scotland 4. Wales 5. Sheela-na-gigs arranged by Counties Notes Bibliography Index
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A study of the mysterious stone carvings of naked females exposing their genitals on medieval churches all over the British Isles.