Goddess of early Irish and British Celts, and Mother of all Life. Sheela-na-gig displays her vulva to symbolise Birth, Origins of Life, Gateway to Womb of Goddess, from whom all come, and to whom all return.

She is inspired by numerous Sheela-na-gig plaques dotting early Irish and British churches and shrines, vibrant reminders of a proud celtic mother goddess. Sheela-Na-Gig The Goddess Displaying Her Parts. This Celtic archetype of Great Mother appeared in folk and church art by at least 1080 AD, but undoubtedly is of much earlier origin. She may be identical with war goddess Morrigan, consort to Dagda. One of her images is found near ancient goddess shrine of Avebury, where she symbolized fertility; displaying her sexual parts was believed to ward off evil. Carvings of Sheela-na-Gigs may have accompanied seasonal harvest custom of weaving corn dollies which dates from North European antiquity.

Sheela Na Gig's are quasi-erotic stone carvings of a goddess figure , usually found on Norman churches but possibly of celtic origin. They consist of an old woman squating and pulling apart her vuvla a fairly strange thing to find on a church Ill think you'll agree when you consider puritanical attitudes of many christians. The carvings are very old and often do not seem to be part of church but have been taken from a previous older building (see weathering on Church Stretton Sheela as compared to surrounding masonry). This may have a connection with fact that many churches are built on previous pagan sites (for instance Kilpeck) and may have been incorporated into building from previous pagan shrine. Many of carvings are badly weathered and it is difficult to determine features. This would also seem to indicate an older origin than host church.

Nantosuelta"Winding River". A Gallic protective goddess and goddess of water. Among Mediomatrici of Alsace she is often portrayed holding a model of a house, indicating a domestic function.

Nantosuelta was consort of Sucellos, God of Agriculture. Her name means ' Winding River' though her attributes do not show her as a water-deity. Chief amongst these is her little house, usually depicted on a long pole like a sceptre of some kind. Other associated objects include a bird, a bee-hive and honeycombs. The latter certainly have homely connotations and she therefore appears to have been a goddess of hearth and house, well-being and prosperity. Like her husband, she also had nourishment and fertility aspects and sometimes carried a cornucopia. In Britain, she is probably to be found depicted on a small stone from East Stoke in Nottinghamshire. Her partner is clearly Sucellus. The goddess shown has bushy hair and carries a bowlful of apples. She is often shown with a Raven. She is associated with ravens, and may be connected with Morrigan

Catholic: First appearance of "The White Lady" to Bernadette at Lourdes, France. The site was long sacred to Persephone/Proserpina in Roman Gaul. One of great Osiris festival cycles in ancient Egyptian calendar, celebrated especially at main center of Osiris worship in Abydos (2/11) and at Busiris, ancient holy city of Nile delta. The principal ceremony performed on last of these three days was a dawn ritual of opening doors of horizon, and thereby reaffirming precision of divine order operating between Sun and Earth. (Month of Pamenot, days 28 - 30). The Pharaonic melody for this feast, as preserved in music of Coptic church, has been found by Dr. Maged Samueel in Cairo.