Green Man Carving
Size: 7,8'' x 4'' - 20cm x 10cm
Material: Walnut Wood
Green Man carved from walnut wood, highly detailed with face composed of leaves, roots and foliage. Green Man carved in wood or stone appears throughout pagan history as well as in churches, chapels, abbeys and cathedrals.
From the Renaissance onward, it began to appear with great regularity, although often for ornamental effects.
Some of the symbolism had been lost with time, becoming more of a decorative motif than a symbolic one.
The most common and obvious interpretation is that of a pagan nature, a symbol of man's reliance on and union with nature. A symbol of resurrection and rebirth, representing the cycle of growth each spring. He has evolved from older nature deities such as the Celtic Cernunnos, Greek Pan and Dionysus.
In Christian mythology they are considered to represent the Holy Spirit. In any case the Green Man is inspiration from carvers and woodworkers for centuries as a cross between men and nature.
