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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...

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Автор: Freitag, Barbara (auth)
Формат: Електронний ресурс Частина з книги
Мова:Англійська
Опубліковано: Taylor & Francis 2004
Предмети:
Archaeology
Society & culture: general
patrick's
day
patricks
celebrations
stone
carving
fertility
figures
british
isles
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Резюме: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phenomenon, and also contains a complete catalogue of all known Sheela-na-gigs, including hitherto unrecorded or unpublished figures.
ISBN:9780203567067
9780415345521;9780415345538;9781134282494;9781134282487;9781134282449
Доступ:Open Access

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