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‖ sheela-na-gig|ˈʃiːlənəˌgɪg|
Also shela-, sheila-, shiela-; -gigg.
[ad. Ir. Síle na gcíoch Julia of the breasts.]
A medieval carved stone female figure sometimes found on churches or castles in Britain and Ireland (see quot. 19341). Also ellipt., as sheela, sheila.
1846Proc. R. Irish Acad. 1843–4 II. viii. 575 In the church at Dowth there is a shela-na-gig, carved in stone quite different to that which composes the walls of the church. 1861Jrnl. Kilkenny Archæol. Soc. 1860–61 VI. 69 This effigy..belongs to that class of sculpturings which in Ireland have extended down to the middle of the sixteenth century... They are known amongst the peasantry of the southern counties by the name of ‘Sheela-ni-giggs’. 1882Jrnl. R. Hist & Archæol. Soc. Irel. 1879–82 XV. ii. 283 The name by which works of this class are generally known is ‘Sheelanagigg’. Our ‘Sheela’ here measures two feet in length. 1929Man XXIX. 134 A stone..hollowed out to form in relief the rudely carved figure of a woman of the kind known in Ireland as Sheela-na-gig. 1934Jrnl. R. Anthropol. Inst. XXXVII. 97 The more modern examples..are known as the Sheila-na-gig. These are always nude and are represented in the frontal aspect, the legs usually wide apart, and the hands so posed as to call attention to the genitalia. Ibid. 98 The Sheila from Blackhall Castle..is represented with breasts and long hair. 1977Times 14 Sept. 5/1 The figures, called Sheela-na-Gig, are not found only in Ireland,..one of the best preserved is on the corbel of a church in Kilpeck [Hereford and Worcester]. Ibid. 5/2 The British Sheelas are slightly older than the Irish. |