In Search of Green Men
In Explore Green Men (Heart of Albion Press, 2008) the British scholar Mercia MacDermott provided one of the most important and serious works on foliate-human iconography, which has become widely known in common parlance as the Green Man. She graciously agreed to let us reprint the chapter "Tri...
| Subtitles: | "Special Issue: Green Man" |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
2023
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| In: |
Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Year: 2023, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 253-267 |
| Further subjects: | B
makara
B Romanesque foliate heads B Makdermot, Mersija 1927-2023 B Romanesque Churches B green man B disgorging foliate heads B triple hares B vikings B kirttimukha B leaf-masks B foliate-masks B human-foliate iconography |
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| Summary: | In Explore Green Men (Heart of Albion Press, 2008) the British scholar Mercia MacDermott provided one of the most important and serious works on foliate-human iconography, which has become widely known in common parlance as the Green Man. She graciously agreed to let us reprint the chapter "Triple Hares and the Green Men: The Indian Connection" along with a significantly shortened version of her introductory chapter, "In Search of Green Men". Her introduction provides an important background for understanding Green Man research. The reprinted chapter suggests that Green Man iconography originated in India and subsequently journeyed to Europe with the Vikings. Because two of the articles in this issue of the JSRNC focus on such iconography in Norway, MacDermott's proposal provides an essential baseline for exploring whether the Green Man was originally a cultural export that journeyed to Europe on a Viking ship. MacDermott's niece, Dr. Gwen Adshead, assisted us with the editing of the article republished here; she can be contacted at Gwen.Adsheadwestlondon.nhs.uk. |
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| ISSN: | 1749-4915 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/jsrnc.25765 |