

Rock art of Scandinavia - hunters’ art in the North - farmers’ art in the South - emphasis on male potency - few women - woman exposing her pudenda - pose found in many lands - Italy - Babylon - Balkans -Anatolia - medieval Italy - Sheela-na-gig of Ireland - Nepal - Egypt -counterpart in literature and myth - apotropaic effect - Baubo - Hathor -Amaterasu - Ishtar - Freydis - counter magic - ritual exposure - Bubastis festival - exposure to avenge Insult - magic of female form substantiated for Germanic landscape.Ĭhapter II - FEMALE FIGURES OF EDDIC POETRY AND PROSE
