The Name of the Green Man
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8934472 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brandon S Centerwall (University of Washington, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 25-33 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0015587x.1997.9715933 |
| OpenAlex | W1983575602 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 4 |
As has been made clear by recent inquiries in FLS News (Spittal 1996; Wylie 1966) and the republication of Kathleen Basford's 1978 book The Green Man (1996), there is a great deal of interest in the enigmatic “Green Man,” that foliate head which appears so frequently among medieval church carvings. The term itself came into general usage following Lady Raglan's 1939 article in Folklore, “The ‘Green Man’ in Church Architecture,” but examination of her original work reveals that her choice of the term “Green Man” was, on her own evidence, based more upon inspiration than fact. As a means of beginning an inquiry into the nature and meaning of the phenomenon, the present article is an investigation into the true name of the Green Man
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| Citations per year | 0.47 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |