Sheela-Na-Gig Plaque "faerie" [Israel Museum

[Israel Museum

Master of Kriya Yoga

This lunar fertility goddess was known for her athletic prowess

while the leaf's face provides a flat surface for burning incense cones

her pregnant belly and thighs in prominent relief

Sheela-Na-Gig Plaque "faerie" [Israel MuseumTraditional 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;