Box Greenman Ann Stokes

Ann Stokes Greenman Box

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What a beautiful way to store your treasures! This little black box features a picture of the Greenman along with Celtic knots.

outside measurements are: app. 5" x 5" x1 1/2" deep

The Green Man is an ancient Springtime Spirit. According to legend, he dies (or goes to sleep) in the winter and then is reborn (or wakes up) in the springtime. Thus, he's a symbol of rebirth and renewal and regeneration. He's all over the place in Europe - in cathedrals, stately homes, and on public sculpture.

The Green Man is one of the most ancient and most pagan of all symbols to be found in the Christian church. Certainly his origins are entwined inextricably with paganism, folk lore and superstition as well as the church, but just how old is he? Where exactly did he originate? Who carved the first Green Man? And how exactly did this extraordinary piece of imagery come to spread so comprehensively across Britain and Europe? Perhaps there is a certain inevitability with such an enigmatic figure as the Green man that no records exist to give us any clue to his exact origin.