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The deed is done by the Abbess of Kirklees, who acts as the priestess in some ancient pagan ritual. Could it be that the tales of Robin are more ancient than previously believed? Could they really be tales of ancient Egypt and even Sumeria? Passed down over millennia and altered by time? a b c Araneo, Phyllis (2006). Green Man Resurrected: An Examination of the Underlying Meanings and Messages of the Re-Emergence of the Ancient Image of the Green Man in Contemporary, Western, Visual Culture (MCA thesis). Queensland, Australia.: University of the Sunshine Coast. doi: 10.4227/39/596566fcfaf95. century Romanesque Templar churches in Jerusalem have Romanesque foliate heads. Harding tentatively suggested that the symbol may have originated in Asia Minor and been brought to Europe by travelling stone carvers. [ citation needed]

Green Man" type foliate heads first appeared in England during the early 12th century deriving from those of France, and were especially popular in the Gothic architecture of the 13th to 15th centuries. The idea that the Green Man motif represents a pagan mythological figure, as proposed by Lady Raglan in 1939, despite its popularity with the lay public, is not supported by evidence. [1] [3] [4] Types [ edit ] 6th-century Byzantine mosaic in the Great Palace Mosaic Museum, Istanbul. He is also green like the ‘Green Man,’ which is the special healing color attributed to many things surrounding the serpent cult — such as the Emerald Tablet, the color of initiation into Gnostic mysteries What we also find however in some of the earlier tales is that Robin Hood and Little John – like Jesus and John the Baptist – were equals. Walter Bower, in the 15th century, said that Robin Hood together with Little John and their companies rose to prominence. Simonds, Peggy Muñoz (1995). Iconographic research in English Renaissance literature: a critical guide. New York: Garland Science. p.321. ISBN 9780824073879.This in itself points out that both Robin and John were seen to each have their own followers very much like Jesus and John. They are therefore and must be the ‘twins’ of Gnosticism, like Castor and Pollux – the duality and balance. Lady Raglan's idea of the "Green Man" was adopted from the 1960s onward by the New Age and Neopagan movements, [3] [4] and some authors have considered it to represent a Jungian archetype. [5] The nature of the Green Man as a mythological figure has been described as "20th-century folklore". [4] The Great Dish, or Great Plate of Bacchus from the Mildenhall Treasure, now in the British Museum Grave slab in Shebbear churchyard in Devon showing skull Popular, modern culture [ edit ] Literature [ edit ] Miller, Stephen (19 April 2023). "The Christian history of the Green Man motif (letter)". The Guardian. Beer, Robert. The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs Shambhala. (1999) ISBN 1-57062-416-X, ISBN 978-1-57062-416-2

The Green Man, also known as a foliate head, [1] is a motif in architecture and art, of a face made of, or completely surrounded by, foliage, which normally spreads out from the centre of the face. [2] Apart from a purely decorative function, the Green Man is primarily interpreted as a symbol of rebirth, representing the cycle of new growth that occurs every spring. Usually referred to in art history as foliate heads or foliate masks, representations of the Green Man take many forms, but most just show a "mask" or frontal depiction of a face, which in architecture is usually in relief. The simplest depict a man's face peering out of dense foliage. Some may have leaves for hair, perhaps with a leafy beard. Often leaves or leafy shoots are shown growing from his open mouth and sometimes even from the nose and eyes as well. In the most abstract examples, the carving at first glance appears to be merely stylised foliage, with the facial element only becoming apparent on closer examination. The face is almost always male; green women are rare. Lady Raglan coined the term "Green Man" for this type of architectural feature in her 1939 article The Green Man in Church Architecture in The Folklore Journal. [5] It is thought that her interest stemmed from carvings at St. Jerome's Church in Llangwm, Monmouthshire. [6] a b Olmstead, Molly (2023-04-08). "Is the Green Man British Enough for the Royal Coronation?". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339 . Retrieved 2023-05-07. The tradition of the Green Man carved onto Christian churches is found across Europe, including examples such as the Seven Green Men of Nicosia carved into the facade of the thirteenth century St Nicholas Church in Cyprus. For architectural motif of the foliate head, see Green Man. The sign of the Greene Man pub along Euston Road near Great Portland Street Station in the City of Westminster.Robin falls in love with his lady of the waters or Queen of Heaven (a title also given to Isis the sister/wife of Osiris and also a title given to Guinevere) later to be known as the Maid Marion (Marion/Mary coming from Mer = Sea/water/wisdom) and in many ways is undermining the new Christian world that forced itself upon this ancient mixture of paganism. Stephen Miller (2022). The Green Man in Medieval England: Christian Shoots from Pagan Roots. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5275-8411-2.

Varner, Gary R. The Mythic Forest, the Green Man and the Spirit of Nature, Algora Publishing (March 4, 2006) ISBN 0-87586-434-1 Others include Jane Brideson, Australian artist Marjorie Bussey, American artist Monica Richards, and English fantasy artist Peter Pracownik, whose artwork has appeared in several media, including full-body tattoos. [10] There are elements of the Robin Hood myth that relate to other legends. The ‘tree of life’ is seen as ‘Robin’s Larder Tree,’ supplying all that could be required like the ‘Horn of Plenty’ or the ‘cauldron’ of Celtic folklore. Livingstone, Josephine (2016-03-07). "The Remarkable Persistence of the Green Man". The New Yorker . Retrieved 2023-05-07. Jones, Jonathan (5 April 2023). "The coronation invitation reviewed – is Charles planning a pumping pagan party?". The Guardian.Braudy, Leo (Oct 25, 2016). Haunted: On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds. Yale University Press. p.277. ISBN 978-0300224726 . Retrieved 28 September 2017. Centerwall, Brandon S. (January 1997). "The Name of the Green Man". Folklore. 108 (1–2): 25–33. doi: 10.1080/0015587X.1997.9715933. ISSN 0015-587X. Sandars, Nancy K., Prehistoric Art in Europe, Penguin (Pelican, now Yale, History of Art), 1968 (nb 1st edn.) A late 4th-century example of a green man disgorging vegetation from his mouth is at St. Abre, in St. Hilaire-le-grand, France. [12] Bramwell, Peter (2009). Pagan Themes in Modern Children's Fiction: Green Man, Shamanism, Earth Mysteries. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-21839-0.

Varner, Gary R. (2006). The Mythic Forest, the Green Man and the Spirit of Nature. New York: Algora. p.103. ISBN 9780875864358. Robin’s link with the ‘Horned God’ is also telling as he is Lord and Master over the human ‘animals’ of the Forest and they are guardians of their stolen treasure, like the hoarding, serpent Nagas of Hinduism. They do good deeds for those who deserve them and dastardly deeds to those who do not.

In the final years of the 20th century and earliest of the 21st, the appearance of the Green Man proliferated in children's literature. [8] Examples of such novels in which the Green Man is a central character are Bel Mooney's 1997 works The Green Man and Joining the Rainbow, Jane Gardam's 1998 The Green Man, and Geraldine McCaughrean's 1998 The Stones are Hatching. [8] Within many of these depictions, the Green Man figure absorbs and supplants a variety of other wild men and gods, in particular those which are associated with a seasonal death and rebirth. [8] The Rotherweird Trilogy by Andrew Caldecott draws heavily on the concept of the Green Man, embodied by the gardener Hayman Salt who is transformed into the Green Man at the climax of the first book. The Green Man is found in many forms throughout history. He is to be found in many different guises, but the common feature is the face