| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 205 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-200) and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
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phenomenon, and also contains a complete catalogue of all known Sheela-na-gigs, including hitherto unrecorded or unpublished figures. |
| Biography |
Lecturer in Intercultural Studies in the school of Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies, Dublin City University. |
| Subject |
Sheela-na-gigs -- Ireland.
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Sheela-na-gigs -- Great Britain.
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Sculpture, Medieval -- Ireland.
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Sculpture, Medieval -- Great Britain.
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Sculpture, Irish.
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Sculpture, British.
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ART -- Sculpture & Installation.
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Sculpture, British. (OCoLC)fst01109574
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Sculpture, Irish. (OCoLC)fst01109730
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Sculpture, Medieval. (OCoLC)fst01109780
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Sheela-na-gigs. (OCoLC)fst01115459
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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Ireland. (OCoLC)fst01205427
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Freitag, Barbara. Sheela-na-gigs. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004 0415345529 0415345537 (OCoLC)56653678 |
| ISBN |
0203567064 (electronic bk.) |
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9780203567067 (electronic bk.) |
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9780415345521 |
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0415345529 |
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9780415345538 |
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0415345537 |
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9781134282487 (electronic bk. : EPUB) |
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1134282486 (electronic bk. : EPUB) |
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9781134282494 (electronic bk. : PDF) |
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1134282494 (electronic bk. : PDF) |
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9781134282449 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket) |
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1134282443 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket) |
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