• DOI:10.1353/ff.2010.0004
Corpus ID: 145565461

Decoding the Sheela-na-gig

@article{Rhoades2010DecodingTS,
  title={Decoding the Sheela-na-gig},
  author={G. Rhoades},
  journal={Feminist Formations},
  year={2010},
  volume={22},
  pages={167 - 194}
}

• G. Rhoades
• Published 2010
• Sociology
• Feminist Formations

Sheela-na-gigs are old, bald, naked female figures on churches, walls, and towers (as well as in museums) in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England, similar to grotesques throughout Europe, to Baubo in the Middle East, and to Kali and other goddess figures in India and Southeast Asia. While most surviving sheelas are medieval, Irish legend and older carvings suggest connections to pagan crone goddesses. According to lore and scholarship, sheelas offer protection and warning or… Expand

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