The Green Man and Kneeling Angels - a photo on Flickriver

            The "Green Man"  figure was common to Norman churches and Cistercian Abbeys. He was an ancient pagan fertility symbol connected to Beltuinn, or Beltane, and the Spring and Summer seasons.The Maypole was the phallic symbol of this tree-spirit. The Maypole dances of the Beltane festival were originally thought to inspire fertility in both the land and the women who danced. 

The Green Man was often carved in stone in Medieval churches in Scotland, Ireland, Britain and Europe. Portrayed as leafy and wild, associated with trees and all that is
fertile and green. The Chapel at Rosslyn has 100 Green Man images,  the most of any church in Europe. He dances and celebrates life, fertility and transformation. 
   

Taken in: United Kingdom / Scotland / Roslin (show map)

Taken on: September 6, 2004

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Rosslyn

Rosslyn Chapel

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Sets appears in: • Scotland, Northumbria and Yorkshire

Groups appears in: • Gargoyles, Grotesques And Angels • Scotland more » • Edinburgh • Celtic • Female Photographers Group • Scottish Heritage "Alba gu Brath" • Churches, Chapels, Domes, Mosques, Temples, Shrines and Monaster • The Green Man • Angels Only • The Company of The Green Man « less

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