The name "sheela-na-gig" was most likely derived from the Irish language. The two most common translations are "Sile na gCioch" ("sheela of the breasts") or "Sile-ina-Giob" ("sheela on her hunkers"). In the Encyclopedia of Sacred Sexuality, Rufus Camphausen notes that in Mesopotamia the term "nu-gug" ("the pure and immaculate ones") referred to the sacred temple harlots, and he postulates that the name may somehow have had its origins there.
She's another sister... they seem to be getting more explicit and creepy. The next will likely be a little tamer- and actually have arms!
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spacemummy sent me some of his (he's who i thought i was responding to the other day) and he did them on cardstock in different colours and they look amazing.