Ma ka mōʻaukala holoʻokoʻa, ua lilo nā hōʻailona o ka momona ma ke ʻano he kikowaena hoihoi a hoʻomaikaʻi no nā mākua e hiki mai ana. Ma kahi huakaʻi pilikino, hōʻike ʻo Katherine Blackledge i kā lākou mea huna kupanaha a me nā moʻolelo maoli ma hope o lākou ...

"E ʻoluʻolu, e ʻoluʻolu, e ʻoluʻolu, e ʻoluʻolu, e ʻoluʻolu e hāʻawi mai iaʻu i keiki olakino a hauʻoli," wahi aʻu i hāwanawana ai i koʻu waiho ʻana i kaʻu mōhai fiku hope loa ma nā wāwae o ke akua wahine pilikua o ka momona. He lā maikaʻi loa ia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Kepakemapa 2008, he 40 koʻu makahiki a ʻaʻole naʻe i hāpai.

Ua pono iaʻu ke hoʻōla mai kekahi mau mahina ʻehaʻeha ʻē aʻe o ka hāʻule ʻana, ʻaʻole i hoʻāʻo ʻia i ka IVF a me nā hōʻoki gynecological, akā i ka manawa i ʻōlelo ai kekahi hoaaloha iā Malta i wahi hoʻomaha, ʻo kaʻu mea wale nō e noʻonoʻo ai: "Hiki iaʻu ke hele i nā luakini kaulana o ka momona a noi aku i kekahi. e ʻae iaʻu e lilo i makuahine. "

No laila, aia wau i Tarxien, ua nānā mua wau i nā kiʻi o ke akua makuahine i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Valletta a kipa aku i nā wahi kahiko ma Hagar-Kim, Mnajdra a me Ggantia me ko lākou mau keʻena curved, like me ka ʻōpū.

ʻO kēia mau hale kapu ka mea kahiko loa ma ka honua - ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā pyramids a me Stonehenge - a ua kūkulu ʻia ma kahi o 4000 mau makahiki i hala aku nei e hoʻohanohano i ka hoʻomanaʻo o nā wahine a hoʻoikaika i ko lākou ulu. Pono wau e manaʻo e hiki i kā lākou mau kiʻi prehistoric ikaika ke kōkua iaʻu.

He mea pono ke ho'āʻo i nā mea a pau inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hāpai a hāpai i kahi pēpē ma mua o ka wā ʻōpiopio. Ua ʻaʻahu mau wau i kaʻu lei kala i ke ʻano o ka poʻe kala e pili ana i ka momona a me ka makuahine; He mea kākoʻo hoʻi au i ka acupuncture, reflexology a me ka lāʻau lapaʻau.

I loko o kēia pōʻaiapili, ʻo ka hele ʻana i kahi huakaʻi pilikino e mahalo i nā hōʻailona o ka momona e like me ka hiki, he ala kūpono loa. ʻO ia ke kumu, ʻehiku mahina i hala aku nei, ma kahi lā anu a hau hau ʻo Feberuari, ʻoiai he koho akamai ia e hoʻi koke i ka home, ua hoʻohuli wau i kaʻu kāne e hele i kahi alahele i hiki iaʻu ke nānā i kaʻu seela-na- gig.

ʻO Sheela-na-gigs paha nā hōʻailona kaulana loa o ka momona ma ʻEulopa. Hana ʻia mai ka pōhaku e ka poʻe kālai kiʻi kahiko, hōʻike haʻaheo kēia mau kiʻi wahine koʻikoʻi i kā lākou mau ʻōpū i hoʻonani ʻia i nā hale pule a me nā hale kākela ma Beretania, komohana Farani a me Sepania akau. Kūlou kekahi i lalo; ʻo kekahi poʻe e hohola i ko lākou mau wāwae a kau paha ma ka ʻaoʻao o ko lākou pūhaka; he mau lua ma ke ano mermaids.

He nui ka poʻe e kikoo i hope a i ʻole a puni, e huli ana e ʻike maikaʻi ma waena o ko lākou mau wāwae; hoʻokiʻekiʻe kekahi i ko lākou mau wāwae i ko lākou mau pepeiao. Hoʻohuiʻia nā haneli haneli e ka hilahilaʻole i ka hōʻikeʻana i ko lākou wahine.

ʻO ka shila-na-gig aʻu i kipa aku ai i kēlā lā, ua kaulana ia no ka ʻoi loa o ka lokomaikaʻi o kona mau kaikuahine. Ke hilinaʻi nei i ka paia o ka Halepule Oxy ma Wiltshire, kū pololei ʻo ia a kuhikuhi i kāna ʻano oval kupaianaha, i hōʻike ʻia me ka abstractly, e hohola ana mai ka ʻāʻī a i ka wāwae.

Ua ʻike ʻia kēia mau hana kupanaha a ʻoiaʻiʻo ma nā wahi hoʻomana a me ka mana hōʻailona hānau ma no na haneri makahiki. ʻO ka poʻe i hiki ke loaʻa iā lākou nā vulvas i ʻoki ʻia a ʻoki ʻia paha ma hope o ka hoʻopā ʻana iā lākou me nā lima hōʻoluʻolu.

Akā ʻo ka nānā ʻana i ka maka ua lawa ia e kōkua: ʻo ka moʻomeheu e hoʻopuni ana i ka sheela-in-concert ma St Michael's Church ma Oxford koi i nā wahine mare a pau e nānā i ke kiʻi i ko lākou ala i ka male. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻopā i ka shila-at-concert ma ka hale pule Oxy, no laila, nānā wale wau iā ia a noi aku i kāna kōkua.

ʻO ka makaʻu i loaʻa i ka hoʻoweliweli o ka infertility i ke ao holoʻokoʻa. I ka pane ʻana i kēia, ua hana kēlā me kēia moʻomeheu i nā hōʻailona o ka momona e hōʻoia i ke ola o nā hanauna e hiki mai ana. Nui ka poʻe, e like me nā akua wahine Maltese, e nānā i ke ʻano wahine olohelohe.

ʻO nā kiʻi kahiko loa o kēia mau kiʻi ʻo Stone Age Venus. ʻO ka nui o ka pāma kekahi a me he mea lā ua hoʻolālā ʻia e paʻa a lawe ʻia, a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui a kālai ʻia i loko o nā pōhaku; a hiki i kēia lā, ʻoi aku ma mua o 200 mau kānaka i loaʻa ma ʻEulopa a ma ka hikina, a hiki i Siberia. ʻO ka mea kaulana loa o kēia mau mea ʻo Venus o Willendorf, he kiʻi pōhaku lime kiʻekiʻe he 11 cm kiʻekiʻe e hōʻike ana i kona umauma momona, nā ʻāʻī a me nā ʻōpū o ka ʻōpū a me kahi wahine maoli maoli.