
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Found primarily in Ireland and the British Isles, the Sheela na gig has been a mysterious symbol of female power for a millennia. These 12th- to 17th-century stone carvings of supernatural females displaying their vulvas have been found in both sacred and secular architecture, from medieval churches to castles, town walls, holy wells, and gravestones. What do they represent and how do they connect to women today?
Join our guest, Starr Goode, a noted writer and teacher as well as a scholar of matriarchal history as she tells us about her lifelong study of these sacred female symbols.
Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.
By 34 Circe Salon, 34 Circe Media, Sean Marlon Newcombe, Dawn "Sam" Alden4.7
3535 ratings
Found primarily in Ireland and the British Isles, the Sheela na gig has been a mysterious symbol of female power for a millennia. These 12th- to 17th-century stone carvings of supernatural females displaying their vulvas have been found in both sacred and secular architecture, from medieval churches to castles, town walls, holy wells, and gravestones. What do they represent and how do they connect to women today?
Join our guest, Starr Goode, a noted writer and teacher as well as a scholar of matriarchal history as she tells us about her lifelong study of these sacred female symbols.
Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.

38,708 Listeners

36,802 Listeners

10,171 Listeners

87,613 Listeners

112,802 Listeners

14,329 Listeners

1,630 Listeners

5,178 Listeners

50,117 Listeners

3,266 Listeners

16,097 Listeners

10,453 Listeners

1,840 Listeners

41,561 Listeners

10,896 Listeners