Directory of Sheela na Gigs Resources

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Sheela na Gigs are carvings of naked females posed in a manner which displays and emphasises the genitalia.

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• Enter Sheela World

  http://www.bandia.net/sheela/SheelaFront.html
  Quest by Kathryn Price Theatana into the history, etymology and magic of the Sheela na Gigs, mainly from a wiccan point of view.

• Ireland's Sile na Gigh

  http://www.irelands-sheelanagigs.org/
  Gabriel Cannon presents photographs, descriptions and location details of all the known Irish sheelas, with book list, trivia, links and author profile.

• Satan in the Groin

  http://www.beyond-the-pale.org.uk/
  Anthony Weir, author of "Images of Lust", discusses and displays photographs of exhibitionist carvings, both male and female, on mediæval churches.

• Sheela Na Gig

  http://www.fethard.com/histor/sheela.html
  Fethard Historical Society report on the local Sheela na Gigs, including the stolen Kiltinan figure.

• Sheela Na Gig Project

  http://www.sheelanagig.org/
  John Harding aims to document and photograph all of the Sheela Na Gig carvings in the UK. He includes an overview and bibliography of the topic.

• Sheela-na-Gigs

  http://www.whitedragon.org.uk/articles/sheela.htm
  Historical overview and interpretations, compiled by Jack Roberts.

• Tara's Sheela-na-gig Website

  http://www.members.tripod.com/~taramc/sheelas.html
  Descriptions and images, possible interpretations, bibliography, and links, compiled by Tara McLoughlin.

• The Real Sheela

  http://sheelanagigs.blogspot.com/
  Offers a theory as to what the words 'Sheela na Gig' really mean.

• Wikipedia: Sheela Na Gig

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheela_Na_Gig
  A detailed, illustrated article from the online collaborative encyclopedia, which discusses the origin of the name of these figures and what they are meant to represent. Includes a bibliography.

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