Sheela-Na-Gig Small Statue "Modern" and in the spring they

and in the spring they planted it in the earth to insure another bountiful harvest

Her name comes from Egyptian Ashesh

The Morrigan is the Celtic Goddess of Destruction/Creation

and knife of midwifery imbued her with primal power

Sheela-Na-Gig Small Statue "Modern" and in the spring theyTraditional 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 AD, 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;