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It was around the corner. A
wall just to pass by. "Accidentally" I looked in the right direction. And was
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Frieze blocks of the Portico of Tiberius, orderly piled up |
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It emphasizes the MotherGoddess with Her countless
Son/Lovers. The Mother remains the same, the many Gods come and go. This was the main
cause for men to step out of the "death and resurrection" cycle and start their
search for immortality. It resulted in the "one God" who is obsessed with
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Nymph, Grace....Wise Woman |
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Man with Phrygian cap |
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Green Men of this epoch can be
recognized by the foliate guirlandes they have around their face |
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 A Sun God (Apollo?) |
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with crown |
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a Wise Woman |
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What is a Green Man?
A Vegetation God
How does he look like?
Vaying from a beast, a man-beast, a Divine child in nature to an Eros with foliate feet,
leaves surrounding e.g. coming out of his head, decorated with guirlandes to the
foliate masks we see in our medieval churches. His appearence is changeable according to
the situation. That's why he was later called "a trickster". Identifying him
with one particular type of face is a demonstration of ignorance! |
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"When a man was still a man......." |
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A spiritualized "modern" Green Man still
symbolizes "Divine Immanence". However, his Essence is "death and
rebirth" of his ego |
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a Sun God with guirlande. It means that Light and vegetation are not contradictory. On the
contrary this picture emphasizes Divine Immanence....God in nature |
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