Sheela-Na-Gig Statue plaque Celtic scholar Caitlín Matthews unlocks

Celtic scholar Caitlín Matthews unlocks the encoded meanings of the Mabinogion and establishes it firmly as a precursor to other living myths of the West

and it deals with years worth of material he has collected

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Sheela-Na-Gig Statue plaque Celtic scholar Caitlín Matthews unlocksTraditional 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;