Sheela-Na-Gig Plaque eastern europe iron verdigris color finish

iron verdigris color finish

placed upon the right knee in earth-pressing mudra

6 1/4" gypsumstone plaque

great-breasted with featureless head and discrete limbs

Sheela-Na-Gig Plaque eastern europe iron verdigris color finishTraditional Celtic folk image of the Goddess Her form is carved on ancient churches throughout Ireland, believed to ward off evil. This Celtic archetype of the Great Mother appeared in folk and church art by at least 1080 CE, but undoubtedly is of much earlier origin. She may be identical with the war goddess Morrigan, consort to the Dagda. One of her images is found near the ancient goddess shrine of Avebury, where she symbolized fertility;