Just a very quick post to get anyone going who is into Green Men. This, I think, could possibly be unique as it's a Green Man with Dragons emerging from his mouth. Plus Green Man has animal type ears - or are they horns? Must do some more research on him. Pevsner: "a head wih two dragons emanating from the mouth."
"A dragon in profile" according to Pevsner, who attributes them to the "so-called" Herefordshire school!! but he was writing in the early 1960s.
I'll do a proper post on this in the morning. Meanwhile, I am short of several hours sleep and a bit less money than I began the day with, having spent £100 on the house (primer/paint/masking tape and a new perfectly matching almost raspberry pink lampshade - which has made it obvious it is going to have to have a new base too and I will sell the other table lamp). I need to rest. I visited 3 churches today - Bridge Sollers, Madley and St Mary's, Tyberton. Tea was something I froze earlier (mince and beans) from the freezer, so I am gradually getting more room in there.
Back in the morning.
Isn't it a wonderful thing to have those pre-made meals to pull out of the freezer, esp. when you've had a full on day?
ReplyDeleteYup, and I'm having another one tonight (pizza). Tam and Rosie not long left, so too late to start to make something.
DeleteI love reading about The Green Man. This is something totally different from what I have seen before.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
There will be more, as I do more research.
DeleteHe is definitely Hern the Hunter, that Green Man!
ReplyDeleteWhat character!
DeleteWhen you look at these carvings, you wonder at the story behind them. Were the faces drawn beforehand or did the mason carve from his own imagination.
ReplyDeleteThere is a very similar one at Garway - about 20 miles away - the Templar church. WIthout a doubt, he carved that too and would seem to have had some sort of template - in his head if nowhere else.
ReplyDeleteI always find green men (even friendly looking ones) really creepy. I know that they are symbolic of rebirth etc, but I find greenery emerging from a mouth is a bit too 'decomposing body in the woods/serial killer at large' for me. That one doesn't freak me out, perhaps because it is dragons emerging from his mouth, rather than greenery.
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