UID:
edoccha_9959165581202883
Format:
1 online resource (228 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-28248-6
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0-203-33820-0
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9786610174973
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1-134-28249-4
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1-280-17497-8
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0-203-56706-4
Content:
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phenomenon, and also contains a complete catalogue of all known Sheela-na-gigs, including hitherto unrecorded or unpublished figures.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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""BOOK COVER""; ""HALF-TITLE""; ""TITLE""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""1 THE SHEELA-NA-GIG PHENOMENON""; ""Special identifying features, distinctive gestures, objects and classification""; ""The problem of dating""; ""2 SHEELAS AND ACADEMIC RESEARCH""; ""Scholarly discovery and early speculations during the nineteenth century""; ""Ireland""; ""England, Scotland and Wales""; ""Twentieth-century theories""; ""A Norse fertility goddess""; ""A divine patron of women""; ""A pagan symbol of fertility""; ""A Celtic goddess""
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""A Christian warning of sin""""A Mater Ecclesia""; ""3 THE PROBLEM OF THE NAME""; ""Sheela-na-gig: the sculpture""; ""Sheela na gigg: the dance""; ""Sheelanagig: the ship""; ""A new look at the name""; ""�Sheelagh (i.e. Ireland)�""; ""Sheila: Saint Patrick�s stormy wife""; ""Gig: a woman�s privities""; ""4 SHEELAS, BIRTH, DEATH AND MEDIEVAL RURAL TRADITIONS""; ""The hazards of medieval motherhood""; ""Women�s helpers during labour""; ""Stones""; ""Girdles""; ""Charms""; ""Midwives""; ""Sheelas and folk religion""; ""Folk deities assisting at birth""
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""The continuous cycle of life and death""""The Christian Church and folk religion""; ""Sheela precursers and similar figures""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""SHEELA-NA-GIG CATALOGUE""; ""Ireland""; ""Extant figures""; ""Record only""; ""England""; ""Extant figures""; ""Record only""; ""Scotland""; ""Wales""; ""Sheela-na-gigs in Ireland and England arranged by counties""; ""Ireland""; ""England""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""SHEELA-RELATED ARTICLES AND BOOKS""; ""THE CELTIC CONNECTION""; ""THE NORDIC CONNECTION""; ""THE SOCIO-CULTURAL BACKGROUND""; ""ART AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES""
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""MEDIEVAL CHILDBEARING""""INDEX""
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-34552-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-34553-7
Language:
English
