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Sheela na Gig

A Sheela Na Gig is now a particular stone carving, although in the past there were also pieces of wood, have been lost over the centuries. Usually they are carved rectangular stone blocks, forty to sixty centimeters high and wide about half. Sheela Some are carved in high or low relief, some relief as a fake and some are simply set in stone. The bill varies greatly, and you go to pieces very well carved and detailed figures sketchy.

Sheela na Gig Killinaboy

The Sheelas, but do not want to be realistic works, but they are part of an ancient symbols. Although each sculpture has its own characteristics, the characteristic that unites them all is the fact that attention is deliberately focused on the vulva of the statue. In addition, the Sheela na Gigs often possess a combination of the following characteristics:

- Big Shoulders
- bulging eyes
- Ribs in view
- streaks on the cheeks and eyelashes
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oversized head - Hair Loss
- Breasts flaccid
- Mouth wide open
- teeth gnashing
- ears

The laying of Sheela Na Gigs is not always the same, are Sheelas crouching, standing or bent. Most of the time have both arms outstretched to the vulvar area. However, the position of the arms is varied, may go behind or in front of the legs, hands can touch the vulva or not and, in cases where the arms are not in the same position, indicating a limb may be another element of the sculpture, usually in one ear. There are a few examples of Sheela with both arms raised, sometimes intent on brandishing a round object or a sword-shaped (a foul?).

Sheela na Gig on the riverside of Fethard

In the past, there have been deliberate attempts to make it appear the Sheela na Gig as a bad figure, grotesque and horrible, in light of the fact that contravened any Western standard of beauty, but they were all errors of categorization, as the Sheelas are not, as already mentioned, faithful representations, but symbolic, incomprehensible to the conscience of the populace. The Sheela na Gigs, taken as a symbolic pictures, leave nothing to chance, including the physical resemblance to the most common representation of death and exaggerated reference to the birth canal.

The position today of a Sheela Na Gig is no concrete evidence to prove a theory about its true origin. today are not evidence to prove the theories of its origin. The vast majority of the sculptures are not in their original position, as they are often being moved over the centuries. Thus, we have two distinct types of Sheelas: a type that is in its primary site, well integrated within a broader architectural motif, and another type that shows the location as a secondary site, as evidenced by the different types of stone, from not reflect the main architectural motifs and the presence in the local folklore stories about the original location of the sculpture. To begin an analysis, the country in which they are often defines the type of position of a Sheela:

- In Ireland, we find the widest range of locations for this type of sculpture, placed tra le rovine di  alcune chiese, monasteri, sulle chiavi di volta di alcuni castelli, su architravi, finestre, round towers, mura porte e pilastri.
- In Inghilterra, quasi tutte le Sheelas si trovano sulle proprietà di una chiesa o di una abbazia.
- In Francia e in Spagna si trovano esclusivamente nei particolari architettonici di chiese Normanne.

In questi ultimi casi, la loro presenza nell'architettura Normanna fa subito sorgere un dubbio sull'origine: Le Sheela na Gigs sono nate sul continente e si sono successivamente diffuse nelle Isole Britanniche o vice versa?

Nel complesso, potrebbe essere facile risalire all'età di una Sheela, ricavandola dal contesto architettonico, e per Some of this is possible, but in many cases that were often moved, making it difficult a precise date.

Sheela na Gig - Museum of Rock of Cashel

As for dating the paintings, the original buildings were built in which are inserted between the thirteenth and seventeenth century. The oldest of these buildings in Ireland, are the ruins of the convent and the monastery of Killinaboy Athlone, both dating to about 1200. The presence of such sculptures in Irish castles marked a period of revival of the traditional style, started in mid-'500 (Ballynderry Castle), and lasted for more than a century, until the building of Moate Castle, 1649.
However, these were often relocated Sheelas castles, being the oldest from other places (as it probably bears witness to the Sheela na Gig exposed in Rock of Cashel).

The conservation status of these sculptures is obviously related with its position. Those best preserved from the elements, positioned on the internal elements do not necessarily have been saved from being vandalized during the religious campaign - misogyny that the Church has perpetrated over the centuries. The systematic destruction of

Sheelas, at least in Ireland, began in 1600, with a provisional state that ordered the priests to hide all traces of this type of sculpture. Some specimens are impossible to remove, were so disfigured or destroyed. Unfortunately, then, by want of evidence, either for their religious fervor, the conservation status of these images is almost never optimal.

The charm of a Sheela na Gig, lies in the mystery surrounding its origins, in its symbolic function.

After careful analysis of current theories about why the phenomenon of Sheela may have developed, some ideas can be immediately set aside. shall be immediately removed. The first of these is the theory that are Sheela "raffigurazioni della fertilità". Il tentativo di inquadrare la Sheela all'interno della categoria delle raffigurazioni della Dea della Fertilità tradizionale, con il ventre prominente e il grosso seno, non riesce semplicemente a causa delle caratteristiche fisiche proprie della Sheela na Gig (Vedi sopra). Nel folklore che circonda le Sheela, il tema della fertilità sembra essere una recente aggiunta.
Infatti, nonostante il contesto più ovvio per cercare informazioni sulla funzionalità della Sheela potrebbe essere proprio il folklore, non ci sono fonti significative dell'antichità sufficiente a fornire elementi credibili.