Showing posts with label The Green Man. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Green Man. Show all posts

Thursday, 29 July 2010

Little Green Men!

Since I'm on the theme of wood and woody things, this seems like a good opportunity to post up our collection of Green Men... I love the Green Man image and the harking back to earlier times, maybe even way back to the early animist religions, the worshippers of which created explanations for the vagaries, the bounty and the unpredictability of their world through sprits living in the tree, rocks, bird, animals, etc, all around them. Wikipedia says: "Found in many cultures around the world, the Green Man is often related to natural vegetative deities springing up in different cultures throughout the ages. Primarily it is interpreted as a symbol of rebirth, or "renaissance", representing the cycle of growth each spring."

We have gathered the following Green Men heads and faces over the last few years, some a bit classy, some a bit tacky!












The moss grew on this one all on its own!




Er.. that's it...