Has anyone heard of these symbols before? Apparently they exist on churches all across Europe, many of them dating back to the 11th century

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1. Yeah hahah theres one on the wall across from the barbers pub. Saw it on tiktok gas aul yoke. Need more of them

2. There’s one on display in the National Museum, with two benches so you can really take your time staring into its abyss.

   They reportedly have the world’s largest collection of them in storage. Maybe people kept stumbling across them as they were renovating a building or something and decided they didn’t quite fit their vision, so they donated.

3. Yes, sheela na gig is well known here. Female fertility symbol. Early churches often built on existing pagan site and beliefs.

4. Chuff like a wizard sleeve

5. Yes. They’re quite well known, very interesting carvings.

6. the original goatsie

7. PJ Harvey has a song about it.

   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AF3H-cG-sk4

8. she’s a girlboss