LEADER 05100nam 22009133 450 001 9910765849603321 005 20241107101005.0 010 $a9786610174973 010 $a9781134282487 010 $a1134282486 010 $a9780203338209 010 $a0203338200 010 $a9781134282494 010 $a1134282494 010 $a9781280174971 010 $a1280174978 010 $a9780203567067 010 $a0203567064 024 8 $ahttps://doi.org/10.4324/9780203567067 035 $a(CKB)1000000000253700 035 $a(EBL)242078 035 $a(OCoLC)475959845 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000245354 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11237132 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245354 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10176836 035 $a(PQKB)11425558 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC242078 035 $a(OCoLC)61342873$z(OCoLC)149640580$z(OCoLC)253003273$z(OCoLC)455979904$z(OCoLC)648140830$z(OCoLC)696026166$z(OCoLC)728020695$z(OCoLC)957739253$z(OCoLC)958085743$z(OCoLC)1059527384$z(OCoLC)1069424967 035 $a(OCoLC-P)61342873 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9780203567067 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/29714 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7245607 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7245607 035 $a(OCoLC)814266050 035 $a(ODN)ODN0004067234 035 $a(ScCtBLL)55617c6d-2a37-47ec-9c9c-fe662171209e 035 $a(OCoLC)1135845028 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000253700 100 $a20231110h20172004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu---unuuu 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSheela-na-gigs $eunravelling an enigma /$fBarbara Freitag 210 $d2005 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2004 215 $a1 online resource (228 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780415345521 311 08$a0415345529 311 08$a9780415345538 311 08$a0415345537 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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""; ""a???Sheelagh (i.e. Ireland)a???""; ""Sheila: Saint Patricka???s stormy wife""; ""Gig: a womana???s privities""; ""4 SHEELAS, BIRTH, DEATH AND MEDIEVAL RURAL TRADITIONS""; ""The hazards of medieval motherhood""; ""Womena???s helpers during labour""; ""Stones""; ""Girdles""; ""Charms""; ""Midwives""; ""Sheelas and folk religion""; ""Folk deities assisting at birth"" 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""MEDIEVAL CHILDBEARING""""INDEX"" 330 $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. 606 $aSheela-na-gigs$zIreland 606 $aSheela-na-gigs$zGreat Britain 606 $aCivilization, Celtic 607 $aIreland$xAntiquities, Celtic 607 $aGreat Britain$xAntiquities, Celtic 615 0$aSheela-na-gigs 615 0$aSheela-na-gigs 615 0$aCivilization, Celtic. 676 $a731.8/7/0941/0902 686 $aSOC000000$aSOC003000$2bisacsh 700 $aFreitag$b Barbara$0882358 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910765849603321 996 $aSheela-na-gigs$92948615 997 $aUNINA