RE: https://masto.ai/@vagina_museum/116250013275583880
You can tag Sheela na Gigs in #OpenStreetMap with `artwork_subject=sheela-na-gig`.
> A sheela-na-gig is a medieval to modern depiction of a nude woman or hag exposing her genitals. The origins and meaning are not quite clear
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:artwork_subject%3Dsheela-na-gig
Selten, frech und geheimnisvoll: Sheela Na Gig, die nackte Frau an romanischen Kirchen. Was dahinter steckt:
🔗 https://www.miss-jones.de/2020/07/03/eine-nackte-frau-a#frauenimmittelalter
#SheelaNaGig #Mittelalter #Kirchenkunst #Kirchengeschichte #Frauenfiguren #FrauenimMittelalter
Entdecken die faszinierende und rätselhafte Figur der Sheela Na Gig – eine freizügige, nackte Frauen-Darstellung an mittelalterlichen Kirchenwänden. Erfahre mehr über ihre mögliche Bedeutung, Herkunft und warum diese ungewöhnliche Kunst im Kontext des Christentums bis heute diskutiert wird.
Killinaboy Church Síle na Gig
That’s the 6th Sheela on my quest to see (almost) all Sheelas of Ireland
Aghagower well (st Patrick’s well) Sheela na Gig, co. Mayo.
(That's sheela no5 in my quest to see as many Sheelas of Ireland as possible)
#TIL #TodayILearned that there is a #SheelaNaGigs map in Google maps!
As a long-standing #PJHarvey fan, I find this amazing!
https://maps.app.goo.gl/zwxfxgWDU22UFLYL6?g_st=com.metabolist.metatext.share-extension
Shows the position of male and female exhibitionist carvings in the UK. Pink indicates female, blue male, question mark indicates a dubious figure. Purple indicates an external site. Light blue indicates a pair of figures. Orange indicates a monstrous or ambiguous figure.
Wait, I'm sure that means something rude - putting those three words together makes me think of a #SheelaNaGig
Exploring the artwork_subject section of the #Openstreetmap wiki...
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Tag:artwork_subject=sheela-na-gig https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:artwork_subject%3Dsheela-na-gig
Art of Goulwen R
Amᵃᵖanda | map data witch
Peter Riley
Miss Jones
dration
PC
Jon PENNYCOOK
Eddie J
Emma LH: Ghost Catcher Isles