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Síla na Géige
Sheela na Gig and Sacred Space
(full, long article)

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Introduction:
how this all started

Síla of the Paradox:
The Hag of Winter and the Maiden of Spring

Old Woman of the Stones:
Historical Sheela

Word Magic:
Etymological Síla

Ceremonial Síla

Síla of the Trees

Síla, Sheela, and Sacred Space

In Conclusion

Footnotes

Sheela na Gig / Síle na Géige / Síla of the Trees

Illustration copyright ©1998, 2014 Kathryn Price NicDhàna (kpn/katharsis ink), All Rights Reserved.
Not to be reproduced without the written permission of the artist.

Originally appeared in the Winter '98/'99 issue of Sagewoman Magazine, “Sacred Spaces, Sacred Places”.