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Unraveling the Nature and Identity of the Green Man
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| January 28, 2015
| Ryan Stone
Posted on 01/28/2015 5:53:57 PM PST by Reverend Saltine
An enigma spanning thousands of years, the Green Man is a symbol of mysterious origin and history. Permeating various religious faiths and cultures, the Green Man has survived countless transformations and cultural diversities, enduring in the same relative physical form to this day. Although specifics about his beginnings and his worship are not fully known, due in large part to how far back and to what initial cultures he can be traced to, it is a testament to the widespread reach of his character that he is still remembered and worshipped to this day.
The Green Man is most highly believed to have begun as a pre-Christian entity, a spirit of nature personified as a man. His earliest images have been dated long before the coming of the Christian religion, depictions dating back before the days of the Roman Empire. However, it is with the coming of the empire that his images are noted as spanning religions, as he has been found both within the empire and at its borders, and then similar versions in other far reaching cultures such as India. Despite the range in locations of artifacts of the Green Man, he is most often associated with the society of the Celts, sequestered particularly in today's Britain and France, because of the high number of images found in these regions and the stylized way in which he has been portrayed.
TOPICS: History; Miscellaneous; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: amleth; celts; denmark; faithandphilosophy; france; godsgravesglyphs; greenman; hamlet; india; mystery; odd; religion; romanempire; thegreenman; unitedkingdom; williamshakespeare
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01/28/2015 5:55:52 PM PST
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Inyo-Mono
(Just say to NO Rhinos in 2016.)
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Mamzelle
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01/28/2015 6:01:40 PM PST
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Viking2002
(Buy a generator and alert the power company - next Christmas, I go Full Griswold.)
To: Reverend Saltine
The Green Man is most highly believed to have begun as a pre-Christian entity, a spirit of nature personified as a man. His earliest images have been dated long before the coming of the Christian religion, depictions dating back before the days of the Roman Empire. However, it is with the coming of the empire that his images are noted as spanning religions, as he has been found both within the empire and at its borders, and then similar versions in other far reaching cultures such as India. Most recently, appearing on It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia....
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01/28/2015 6:11:25 PM PST
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Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: Salamander; TheOldLady; Norm Lenhart; Slings and Arrows
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01/28/2015 6:15:14 PM PST
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shibumi
("Walk through the fire - Fly through the smoke")
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01/28/2015 6:31:26 PM PST
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Brother Cracker
(You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
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01/28/2015 6:35:15 PM PST
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Adder
(No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
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01/28/2015 6:51:37 PM PST
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uglybiker
(nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
To: Viking2002
Samsquanches? Nope.
Sasquash!
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01/28/2015 7:01:08 PM PST
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null and void
(The aggregate effect of competitive capitalism is indistinguishable from magic)
To: null and void
Broiled in butter. Green Man is MINE! MINE, I SAY!!!!! Bring me his gourds!
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01/28/2015 7:08:38 PM PST
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Viking2002
(Buy a generator and alert the power company - next Christmas, I go Full Griswold.)
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01/28/2015 7:16:39 PM PST
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Ray76
(al Qaeda is in the Oval Office (and John Boehner is their craven servant))
To: Reverend Saltine
Never heard of him. What movies has he played in?
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01/28/2015 7:30:16 PM PST
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Rodamala
To: Reverend Saltine
Something starring Albert Finney maybe 20 some odd years ago.
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Oratam
To: Alex Murphy
oh, that’s just so...WRong....
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01/28/2015 8:44:51 PM PST
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Reverend Saltine
(Saltines are dry, white, and make you thirsty. And then you want more and you get thirsty-er....)
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01/28/2015 8:50:33 PM PST
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dfwgator
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Salamander
(No more nights of blood and fire..)
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