Irish Green Man?

Happy St. Patrick's Day 

Tis the wearin' o' the Green for many and only appropriate that there is a post on Irish Green Men.  Here is an interesting article regarding Irish and Scottish Green Men: http://www.kheper.net/topics/mythology/gm.html

Also, this bit of information is out there on the internet:

The Green Man

Friday, November 6th, 2009

The Green Man, also known as the Man in the Tree, is a Druidic icon that represents humanity’s kinship with the woods and the trees, the cycle of birth and renewal, and irrepressible life.  Also known as Derg Corra, the Man in the Tree is accompanied by a stag. He is known as the Celtic guardian of Knowledge.  The Green Man is a symbol whose existence pre-dates that of Christianity.  He is usually shown as a male head formed as a leaf mask.

http://irelandsown.net/thetree.html

Posted in Ireland, Irish Mythology | No Comments »  from: http://ireland.nmhblogs.org/category/irish-mythology/

We can toast the Green Man with "Green Man Imperial Stout" from: http://www.greenmanbrewery.com/history.php quaffed in a Green Man mug from: http://www.zazzle.com/green_man_green_man_green_man_the_sacred_pub_mug-168331564830340161  or Irish Coffee from this Green Man (Old Sage) mug: http://www.cafepress.com/outinthegarden.677570482

and listen to Celtic music from: http://greenmancelticmusic.com/index.html

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Jarilo

I have been totally fascinated by the Green Man character of Jarilo since learning about Zeleni Jurai.  At http://www.paganroots.net/myth/slavic/item/jarilo, the author states: "He was a fairly typical life-death-rebirth deity, believed to be (re)born and killed every year. His mythical life cycle followed the yearly life of various wheat plants, from seeding through vegetation to harvest."   There is a wonderful story at the link above with a matching tale at: http://epika.org/house-of-mythology/23-jarilo.  There is another excellent article that compares Jarilo to the epic "Jason and the Argonauts" at: http://www.argonauts-book.com/kresnik-perun-and-jarilo.html.


from: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://tpeople.co.il/mythology/myth/Slavic/jarilo.jpg&imgrefurl=http://tpeople.co.il/mythology/myth/Slavic/slav_gods.htm&h=952&w=750&sz=124&tbnid=7AG0T7a9JIzLfM:&tbnh=95&tbnw=75&prev=/search%3Fq%3Djarilo%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=jarilo&usg=__yDqPDdZvrHEmcs4IwcIHYKDHQeo=&docid=TTV6MdqLrDBAvM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eDI5Ud7bLsqt0AG_3IGIDQ&ved=0CEsQ9QEwBQ&dur=292

Jarilo is also known as Yarilo.  Below is a youtube video on Yarilo:

The Green Man on Facebook

Found this lovely quote:

"Our ancestors said to their mother Earth: ‘We are yours.’ Modern humanity has said to Nature, ‘You are mine.’ The Green Man has returned as the living face of the whole earth so that through his mouth we may say to the universe: ‘We are one.'"

 

on a Facebook Page to the Green Man: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Green-Man/48153073014#!/pages/The-Green-Man/48153073014?id=48153073014&sk=info

and this lovely painting of a Green Man:

 

http://watercolormuse.blogspot.com/2010/12/green-man-wip-forever.html

 

Green Man Music

Thoughts of the Green Man's return in the Spring hinge on the peep of snowdrops through the snow, the crocus that bloom in the winter's sun and the lilt of birdsong that grows greater with each warming day.

I ran across this lovely folksong about the Green Man waking in the Spring by Lauren Raine at: http://www.rainewalker.com/thegreenman.htm

and a favorite song about the Green Man by Martin Donnelly on youtube.com:

Modern Day Green Man

Fabulous film snippet of Paul Stamets.  Paul Stamets has much wisdom to share in this brief and elegantly beautiful film at: http://www.wimp.com/importantmushrooms/

(Image from: http://www.tellurideinside.com/2011/04/telluride-institute-news-mycowizard-paul-stamets-returns-to-shroomfest-in-telluride.html)

This film is from an amazing site: http://www.movingart.tv/screeningroom/
Enjoy!

The Green Man and the Trees

When discussing the Green Man, conversations often branch out into conversations of the Green Man and trees.  Some thoughts turn to the infamous "Ents" in Tolkien lore, tree people and the worshiping of trees.  An article on Ents can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ent 

This is fabulous renditon from:  http://lawrencegarcia.org/tolkiens-mythology-the-recovery-of-wonder-for-creation/ents1/

Tree people are a world-wide archetype. Much of ancient Celtic and Druid lore is devoted to tree worship.  Here's a link to the "wisdom of trees:" http://merganser.math.gvsu.edu/myth/trees.html

Here's an excellent article on Myths, Legends and Trees: http://www.nativetreesociety.org/myths/index_myths.htm
                                        

The Leafing

I am happy to announce The Leafing, the second book in the Green Man series has been finished.  Editing will commence and it will be uploaded to Amazon and Nook in the next month or so.  Thank you for your support!