Sheela-Na-Gig Statue brigid's cross Village cunning

Village cunning

Pennick examines all the factors behind the ancestral art of geomancy: the auspicious creation and alignment of sacred buildings and places of power

from historical figures such as the ‘white witch’ Caulks of Exeter

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Forest God of the later Celts

Sheela-Na-Gig Statue brigid's cross Village cunningTraditional 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;