- Hardcover: 232 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (16 Sep 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0415345529
- ISBN-13: 978-0415345521
- Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 17.8 x 1.8 cm
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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phenomenon, and also contains a complete catalogue of all known Sheela-na-gigs, including hitherto unrecorded or unpublished figures.
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Lecturer in Intercultural Studies in the school of Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies, Dublin City University.
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Brilliant and exhaustive research
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Thank you to the author for delving into this complex subject. This book first places the known Sheelas on a map, but second reviews their characteristics in detail, making logical comparison and connection with them. Fantastic.
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