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020 $a9781134282487
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024 7 $a10.4324/9780203567067$2doi
041 0 $aeng
042 $adc
072 7 $aHD$2bicssc
072 7 $aJF$2bicssc
100 1 $aFreitag, Barbara$4aut
245 10 $aSheela-na-gigs
260 $a$bTaylor & Francis$c2004
520 $aHere 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phenomenon, and also contains a complete catalogue of all known Sheela-na-gigs, including hitherto unrecorded or unpublished figures.
546 $aEnglish.
650 7 $aArchaeology$2bicssc
650 7 $aSociety & culture: general$2bicssc
653 $apatrick's,day,patricks,celebrations,stone,carving,fertility,figures,british,isles
856 40 $uhttp://www.oapen.org/download?type=document&docid=1005997$zAccess full text online
856 40 $uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/$zCreative Commons License