![]() ![]() She includes a possible new figure at Rye. Dr Oakley includes a detailed section detailing and criticising some of the existing writing on sheelas. There is also some nice peripheral research into related topics such as Baubo figures. ![]() The book includes analysis of the features of sheela na gigs and in an attempt to define what is and is not a sheela. While this is laudable it also drastically limits the scope of the book omitting many figures which have been previously published. The study seems to have been limited to those figures that Dr Oakley has personally visited. Lifting the Veil is a detailed and very much academic study of some of the Irish and UK figures. Limited academic study of some of the Sheela na Gigs in Ireland and the UK ![]() Sheela Na Gig: The Dark Goddess of Sacred PowerĪ study of Sheela Na Gig concentrating on the Goddess theories surrounding the figures. An up to date version of Jack’s previous book The Divine Hag of the Christian Celts. This book is available from the author’s websiteĪnother book from Jack Roberts on Sheela na gigs. ![]()
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