See the Green Man blow his kiss from high church walls

[vovat]

My original plan for today was a post on Theseus, but listening to the song "Green Man" tempted me to find out a little about...well, I think you can figure it out. What's harder to figure out, however, is exactly who the Green Man figures were supposed to represent. The name "Green Man" wasn't coined until 1939, and refers to various stone faces

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[bluesilverkdg]

Hmm...interesting. There's a pub in Asheville, NC called The Green Man, and the adjoining restaurant is Jack Of the Wood (which sounds a lot like Jack In the Green). Or maybe the reverse is true. Either way, I'd always wondered what that was about. Their sign displays a beardy man surrounded by lots of greenery so...yeah.

[vovat]

I think The Green Man is actually a pretty common name for pubs.

[bluesilverkdg]

And that would go to show how much I know about pubs. :-)

[vovat]

No, I don't either, but the Wikipedia entry on Green Men mentioned that it's a common pub name.

[rockinlibrarian]

Oh, I would love to have suggestions for you, but I don't have much of a brain this morning (as you'll see when you read MY last post).

[vovat]

Well, when you get your brain back, any suggestions you might have are welcome. {g}

[vilajunkie]

Since you covered the Green Man, you might also want to cover the feminine version of the same architectural idea: the Sheela-na-Gig.

[vovat]

Wasn't she a rock star from the eighties? {g}