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	Sheela Na Gig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sheela na Gigs (or Sheela-na-Gigs) are figurative carvings of naked women displaying an exaggerated vulva.
		One perspective, by James Jerman and Anthony Weir, is that the sheelas were first carved in France and Spain in the 11th century; the motif eventually reached Britain and then Ireland in the 12th century.
		Sheela Goddess of the Celts by Maureen Concannon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sheela_Na_Gig (1501 words)

	Sheela-na-gigs
		It is not known precisely when the practice of carving Sheela-na-Gigs began or of just how widespread it was in pre-christian and early christian times but for various reasons there was a resurgence of the art form at the beginning of the medieval period and the practice spread rapidly during the 11th-12th centuries.
		The other, on the opposite side of the door, has her hand to her mouth in a comical pose almost as if she is pondering her friend across the other side of the entrance.
		But according to Rutherford, a writer on the Sheelas, the gods and goddesses of the celtic world often looked ugly ‘to impress mortals with their power' and he interprets such symbolism as the position of the legs, the ‘jig' (or one-legged stance) and the staring eyes as being ‘the stance of the magician'.
	www.whitedragon.org.uk /articles/sheela.htm (2106 words)

	Sheela Na Gig: Herstory
		Though each Sheela is uniquely patterned, the common, defining element of the Sheela Na Gig is its representation of a hagiocentric figure who is focusing attention (by deliberate gesture) on her vulva.
		While it is true that Sheela Na Gigs blatantly defy the Western locators of the feminine in youth, beauty, passivity, and frigidity, it is a superficial interpretation and a categorical mistake to contain the Sheela Na Gig within such a limited consciousness.
		Thus, the Sheela Na Gig is an iconistic representation of higher consciouness, wholly accessible through the contemplation of her nature; the Sheela Na Gig can be understood as a source for conscious regeneration through death and rebirth.
	jlschubert.tripod.com /herstory.htm (1514 words)

	sheela na gig information and pictures,sheela for sale,Irish Sheela na Gigs, pagan,Goddess fertility symbol,
		Sheela na Gigs are stone carvings depicting a naked female exhibiting herself in an explicit and provocative way.
		Sheela na Gigs are seen through modern eyes as being 'defiant' rather than 'deviant'.
		Sheela na Gig is 'Sidhe Lena Gig' and means Fairy Woman with her sexual appendage.
	www.ballybegvillage.com /sheela_na_gigs.html (671 words)

	Sheela Na Gig Books
		It's right up there with The Witch on the Wall and Images of Lust as a serious and scholarly study of sheela na gigs and contributes greatly to what is known about these figures.
		Sheelas get a mention but the real eye opener in this book are some the lead pilgrim badges from Holland which are oftentimes more shocking and sexually bizarre than comparatively tame sheela na gig figures.
		Contains two chapters about Sheela na gig's "The curse of the Sheelas" which discuses the background for Sheelas and mentions the Croft On Tees Sheela.
	www.sheelanagig.org /SheelaBooks.htm (1751 words)

	Síla na Géige - Sheela na Gig and Sacred Space
		Sheela is crouching in many of the images, and she is giving people a peek at what is normally private.
		Like the many individual and unique Sheelas found throughout the Celtic lands, the face She reveals to you may vary drastically, depending upon the land where She is invoked, your karma and relationship with Her, and upon your relationship with the land and the Otherworld in general.
		The Rochester Sheela na Gig, who holds a fish in each hand and strongly resembles the Celtic double-tailed mermaids found on standing stones and manuscripts.
	www.bandia.net /sheela (8010 words)

	The SHEELA-na-GIG CONUNDRUM
		Gig or Geig is actually dialectal Northern English for vulva - and, elsewhere, for boat - so it is ironic - though typical - that an Irish origin for the carvings as well as the name obsesses most people interested in this bizarre subject.
		The sheela from Seir Kieran (Offaly) has several holes into which the fingers of one hand can be inserted.
		Cattle used to be driven past the carving beside the door of the now-wrecked Blackhall Castle in Kildare - just as cattle were driven between pairs of (male and female) standing-stones.
	www.beyond-the-pale.org.uk /sheela2.htm (2561 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Sheela na Gigs
		The name Sheela na Gig appears to have first been used to describe one of these carvings in the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy in the 1840s.
		The graphic pose of a Sheela na Gig makes a striking contrast to the modest nude Eve of religious paintings, with her fig leaf and downcast eyes.
		To many people nowadays, the Sheela na Gig has a powerful significance as a goddess figure, a subject for meditation, or a symbol to be used on amulets.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A1161172 (769 words)

	Sheela na gig Fethard & Kiltinan
		Up to the 9th January 1990, Fethard had four Sheela na gig in the locality, one at Watergate Street, one at the Augustinian Abbey, one at Kiltinan Church and the last at Kiltinan Castle.
		This Sheela is situated in the middle of a small section of the old fortified wall at Watergate Street, the southern approach to the town.
		The theft of the Kiltinan Sheela na gig on the 9th January 1990, aroused an international interest Firstly, because the figure was regarded as unique and very valuable, and secondly because the carving depicted a shockingly crude, naked female with splayed legs and fingers holding open a gaping vulva.
	www.fethard.com /histor/sheela.html (787 words)

	Sheela Na Gig carvings and the symbolism of Sheela Na Gigs
		Sheela Na Gig carvings and the symbolism of Sheela Na Gigs
		Sheela Na Gig's are quasi-erotic stone carvings of a possible goddess figure,usually found on Norman churches.
		Sheela na gigs can be found all over Britain, Ireland and even France and Spain.
	www.jharding.demon.co.uk /SheelaNaGigIndex.htm (445 words)

	Sheela-na-gig Theories
		The two most common translations are "Sile na gCioch" ("sheela of the breasts") or "Sile-ina-Giob" ("sheela on her hunkers").
		However, although many of the sheelas may have been erected as a result of the "incredible misogyny" that Weir and Jerman describe, I find it interesting that in recent years, many modern women in Ireland and around the world have adopted sheela-na-gigs as a symbol of feminism and female power.
		It is very difficult to lump all the different sheelas, often erected centuries apart, in nearly a dozen different countries, on many different types of structures, into one simple interpretation.
	www.members.tripod.com /~taramc/myths.html (1306 words)

	Chocolate Deities: Sheela Na Gig, Sheela na Gig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Dwelling over church doorways, Sheela na Gig appeared on Irish churches before the 16th century, reminding those with the ability to see that entering a sacred space is to enter the Womb of the Goddess.
		Many Sheelas were still in place during the 19th century until Victorian prudery defaced or destroyed large numbers of them.
		Sheela na Gig, or Sheila na Gig as she is sometimes called is the ancient Celtic and Irish goddess, the Crone, gatekeeper, keeper of the mysteries.
	www.chocolatedeities.com /deity.php?deity=sheela (250 words)

	Oh ... Oh Sheela! \| MetaFilter
		Perhaps these Sheela na gigs were intended by elders of early pagan societies as a cautionary warning to younger generations.
		That said, we do know at least something about the phrase; sheela and gig are most likely a noun and and adjective or a noun and a noun; na is the the feminine singular genitive definite article.
		Most of the Sheelas occur at or around doorways and windows, and they bear a striking resemblance to pictures of female pudenda in medieval manuscripts in which hell mouth (the figurative doorway to hell) is deliberately made to look like a vagina gaping widely.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/24716 (1295 words)

	Sheela Na Gig: Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		County Cavan Museum This page is the website of the Cavan Museum and provides the known history of its Sheela na gig, with one fine photo.
		Aware of the Sheela's origins as being a point of controversy, this publication well-recognizes the mystery of the Sheela and honors the mystery.
		Dedicated to the theory that all Sheela Na Gigs evolved from the Romanesque epoch and the Continent, the text has limited insight.
	jlschubert.tripod.com /links.htm (442 words)

	Illustration Notes for Sheela na Gig / Síla na Géige / Síla of the Trees
		The Sheela na Gig Project: A guide to Sheela Na Gig Carvings and Sheela Na Gigs in the UK, with photos, maps, and commentary from those who have visited these Sheelas in person.
		The Royston Cave Sheela na Gig, Royston, Hertfordshire
		Cavan County Museum is home to the Lavey Sheela na Gig and the Cavan Sheela na Gig.
	www.bandia.net /sheela/SheelaIllusNotes.html (1517 words)

	EARTHSONGS: The Journal of the Society of Celtic Shamans, Volume 7, Issue 4, Samhain 2003, Copyright (c) 2003
		Since she is most often found over doors of ancient churches in the Celtic Isles the general feeling is that she was placed there to remind everyone where we come from, the wombs of our mothers and, by implication, the womb of our Mother the Earth.
		Modern Celticists tend to portray the Sheela as the Crone Goddess of Sovereignty.
		Was the Sheela a Baubo/Uzume type of goddess who danced to bring rain, exposed herself to induce laughter, and healed the earth with her rowdy, raucous comedy?
	www.faeryshaman.org /es74/es74art2.htm (1016 words)

	Beth's Place - Odds and Ends.... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Sheela figure, or the Cailleach, were both symbols of powerful Celtic Goddesses of life and death.
		The Sheela pointed to her vulva, the opening of her womb, which was the source of her power, the source of all life and of death.
		Her display of her genitals was not a seductive or a sexual gesture, but was understood as a talisman symbolic of the life-giving properties of nature herself.
	bktkn.multiply.com /journal/item/6 (3072 words)

	Re: Sheela-na-gig
		I did a little web-based research on the sheelas (about which/whom I previously knew precisely nothing), and was fascinated by the subject.
		The big problem is the presumption that the term, especially the 'gig' component, is of Irish origin.
		I have a paper that suggests that 'gig, gigg, geig,' are old Scottish or English slang words for.
	www.phrases.org.uk /bulletin_board/14/messages/555.html (281 words)

	Sheela Na Gig - Grotesque - Sex Scrolls
		Her womb both awaits us in our journey to the next realm and shows the mystery of what has come before.
		The Sheela Na Gig Project is an attempt to collate information about Sheela Na Gig's in the UK.
		This is by necessity a work in progress so please check back to see if any "new" sheelas have been added.
	www.sexscrolls.net /sheela.html (542 words)

	Sheela-na-gig
		She is also called Sighle-na-Gcioch or Sheela na Cioch, The Old Woman of the Stones, and the Blind One of the Breasts.
		The many variant spellings of her name include Sila, Síla, Sheela, Sheelah, Sheila; Sheela-na-gig, Sheelagh-na-Gig, Sheila na Gig, Sheila-Na-Gig, and Síla na Géige.
		Invoke Sheela-na-gig for fertility, protection, birth, blessings, passage, pathworking, regeneration, reincarnation, laughter, exhibitionism, female power, sex magic, Trickster energy, protection from spirits, the fertility of the Earth, workings which relate to the spiral of life, creating sacred space, opening a way, guarding sacred places, walking between worlds, lifting curses, and drawing down the Moon.
	zer0dmx.tripod.com /gods/sheela.html (109 words)

	Sheela-na-Gig (female deity), Llandrindod Wells [image 1 of 2] :: Gathering the Jewels
		Generally speaking, most known sheelas are still in situ, which has led to considerable weathering and distortion to their features.
		In contrast, the Llandrindod Wells figure is a well-preserved example, having been buried underneath the threshold to the Old Parish Church for many years.
		The Llandrindod Wells sheela is in carved relief, with a crucifix incised on the right hand side (possibly inserted at a later date to the rest of the carving).
	www.gtj.org.uk /item.php?lang=en&id=8656&t=1 (316 words)

	Sheela na Gig, Lavey, Co. Cavan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Lavey Sheela na Gig was found in a graveyard at Lavey, Co. Cavan in 1842.
		The name sheela-na-gig comes from the Irish language - the most likely interpretations are Sighle na gCioch meaning ‘the old hag of the breasts’, or Sile-ina-Giob meaning ‘sheela (a name for an old woman) on her hunkers’.
		Cavan County Museum is home to the Lavey Sheela na Gig and the Cavan Sheela na Gig (said to be from an old church which no longer exists).
	homepage.eircom.net /~ccm/sile_na_gig.html (211 words)

	Philobiblon: Meet Sheela Na Gig
		Thanks to a tip from a member of my online reading group, I found out about an unexpected side to Norman churches, Sheela na gigs, carvings of an old woman squatting and pulling apart her vulva.
		One suggestion is that this is a survival of pagan imagery, particularly perhaps in Ireland where a Celtic goddess was shown in a similar way.
		There are hundreds of Sheela na Gigs on Irish Celtic churches.
	philobiblion.blogspot.com /2004/12/meet-sheela-na-gig.html (479 words)

	GoddessGift.net - Goddess statues - Goddess gifts
		Her shape evokes the mountains, rivers, and valleys of the earth Herself.
		This temple relief appeared in India during the same year European builders carved Sheela Na Gig on their churches.
		As a source of pleasure, fertility, and protection, her sacred yoni is displayed with authority and pride.
	www.goddessgift.net /page76.html (167 words)

	Tara's SHEELA-NA-GIG Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sheela shots--photos and stories from my sheela-na-gig pilgrimages 1994-1999
		Sheela art--artists who use the sheela-na-gig image prominently in their work
		Acknowledgements--thanks to those who have helped with the search, the research, the website
	members.tripod.com /~taramc/sheelas.html (52 words)

	Irish Game Publicises Idol Theft
		The game publicizes the actual theft of an ancient Irish artifact called a 'Sheela Na Gig', from Tipperary in Ireland.
		Becoming interested in the internet in 1997, he lived in front of a PC for seven years, developing http://www.tigertom.com.
		Poster issued at the time of the theft of the 'Sheela Na Gig'.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2005/2/emw208213.htm (415 words)

	Sheela-na-Gig at Balgeeth, Ardcath, Ireland
		Eamonn Kelly in his book on Sheela-na-gigs: Origins and Functions suggests 'The old hag of the breasts', Sighle na gCíoch in Irish or 'The old woman on her hunkers', Síle-ina-Giob in Irish.
		Other names for sheela-na-gig include the Devil Stone, the Idol, the Evil Eye Stone, Julia the Giddy, Shiela O'Dwyer, Cathleen Owen, Saint Shanahan, Whore, the Witch, and the Hag of the Castle.
		Miniature Sheela na Gigs can be purchased at on-line at Ballybegvillage.com
	www.knowth.com /sheela-na-gig.htm (534 words)

	Sligo Weekender: Acoustic master at Sheela Na Gig
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		A guitarist recognised as one of the finest on the planet, Pierre Bensusan, will be performing in Furey’s Sheela Na Gig in Bridge Street on December 16 as part of a fourteen date nationwide tour.
		Born in Oran, French-Algeria, in 1957, Pierre Bensusan’s family moved to Paris when he was 4.
	www.sligoweekender.ie /news/story.asp?j=7530 (427 words)

	Sheela Na Gig Locations - Ireland
		Another at Kiltinan Castle is on private property on the wellhouse.
		Fethard - one Sheela is on the Old Town Wall overlooking the bridge.
		Tara - on ancient standing stone, St. Adamnan's Pillar, perhaps the earliest known Sheela.
	jlschubert.tripod.com /ireland.htm (965 words)

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