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    A sheela na gig is a figurative carving of a naked woman displaying an exaggerated vulva. These carvings, from the Middle Ages, are architectural grotesques...
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  • "Sheela-Na-Gig" is a song by English alternative rock singer-songwriter PJ Harvey, written solely by Harvey. The song was released as the second single...
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    The Coolaghmore sheela na gig was discovered in 1975 at the 13th century church at Coolaghmore (also Cooliaghmore or Cooliagh More), County Kilkenny,...
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    The Kiltinan Church sheela-na-gig is a carved depiction of a nude woman exposing her vulva which used to be part of Kiltinan Church ruin near Fethard...
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    The Liathmore Sheela-na-gig is part of the northern doorway at the larger church ruin at Liathmore monastic site in the townland of Leigh, County Tipperary...
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    The Fethard Abbey Sheela-na-gig is located in a wall on the grounds of the former Augustinian Abbey in Fethard. Its National Sites and Monuments number...
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    Rattoo, in County Kerry, Ireland. There is a replica of the round tower sheela na gig in the county museum in Tralee town. Another well-known example may...
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    Ballaghmore Castle is the Sheela na Gig which is carved in a corner stone of the outer front-facing wall. The Sheela na Gig is depicted as a half-dead...
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  • five weeks. A month prior to the album's release, its second single, "Sheela-Na-Gig", had peaked at number 69 on the UK Singles Chart. Despite Dry's critical...
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    is that the sheela na gig was a divine assistant in childbirth. Starr Goode explores the image and possible meanings of the Sheela na gig and Baubo images...
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    speculate on a connection between the Cailleach and the stone carvings of Sheela na Gigs. In Scotland, where she is also known as Beira, Queen of Winter (a name...
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    buttresses. On the outer south wall of the nave is a 12 inches (30 cm) Sheela na Gig. It is unusual in having one arm aloft and the other resting on a knee...
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    An interpretation of the Green Man and related folklore such as the Sheela na gig inspired characters and motifs in Alex Garland's 2022 film Men. For...
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    Retrieved 18 April 2012. PJ Harvey, Rob Ellis, Ian Olliver (October 1991). Sheela-Na-Gig (VHS). Dorset, United Kingdom. Event occurs at 3:22. "Video". jphuntley...
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    featuring "Oh, My Lover", "Victory", "Sheela-Na-Gig" and "Water". The following February, the trio released "Sheela-Na-Gig" as their equally-acclaimed second...
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  • murder and assault Sheela (film), a 1935 Indian Punjabi-language film Sheela na gig, figurative carvings of naked women found throughout Europe Sheila (disambiguation)...
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  • Geoffrey. Harper visits a church, where images of the Green Man and Sheela na gig are carved on a font. Outside, she meets a young boy and a vicar who...
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    Rossnaree (redirect from Ros na Righ)
    Boyne in 1690. The walls of the mill at Rossnaree once contained a Sheela na Gig, although this has been removed for safekeeping and is in private possession...
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    mouth that gapes in a vulgar manner reminiscent of the Early Medieval sheela na gig style. His nose is wide and flat, and his nostrils are pierced. His...
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  • rights, female sexuality and empowerment, through the deployment of Sheela-na-gig sculptures across Dublin. The project returns each year for International...
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    the sight of a woman lifting her skirt. Associated carvings, called sheela na gigs, were common on medieval churches in northern Europe and the British...
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    confronted animals, velificatio, Death and the Maiden, Three hares, Sheela na gig, puer mingens. In the Nativity of Jesus in art, the detail of showing...
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    and castles, gargoyles or other grotesque faces and figures such as sheela na gigs and hunky punks were carved to frighten away witches and other malign...
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    primitive dragon, a winged lion and a lion. Church grim, a folklore spirit Sheela na gig, another architectural grotesque Wright, Peter Poyntz (2004). Hunky...
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    sexuality Sexualization Sexual fetishism Sex-positive feminism Spring break Sheela na gig Toplessness Upskirt Voyeurism Wardrobe malfunction American Psychiatric...
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    connected 19th century farmhouse. Carvings on the castle's walls include a Sheela na gig relief (a symbolic pagan nude). Situated on lands owned by the Earls...
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    (including a murder-hole), and some less common features (including a Sheela na gig). The castle remained under continuous occupation and ownership by the...
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  • In Irish mythology, Tír na nÓg (/ˌtɪərnæˈnoʊɡ/ TEER-nan-OHG, Irish: [ˌtʲiːɾʲ n̪ˠə ˈn̪ˠoːɡ]; Scottish Gaelic: Tìr nan Òg [ˌtʲʰiːɾʲ nən̪ˠ ˈɔːk]; lit. 'Land...
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    anxiety Emasculation Penile spines Penis captivus Anti-rape device Sheela na gig Teeth, a 2007 comedy horror film in which the protagonist has a vagina...
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    and they include a Sheela na Gig. One corbel shows a hound and hare Two corbels, depicting a ram and a lion The famous sheela na gig The carved stoup,...
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