Uprooted
eBook - ePub

Uprooted

On the Trail of the Green Man

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eBook - ePub

Uprooted

On the Trail of the Green Man

About this book

Who, or what, is the Green Man, and why is this medieval image so present in our precarious modern times?

An encounter with the Green Man at an ancient Herefordshire church in the wake of catastrophic weather leads Nina Lyon into an exploration of how the foliate heads of Norman stonemasons have evolved into today's cult symbols.

The Green Man's association with the pantheistic beliefs of Celtic Christianity and with contemporary neo-paganism, with the shamanic traditions of the Anglo-Saxons and as a figurehead for ecological movements, sees various paths crossing into a picture that reveals the hidden meanings of twenty-first-century Britain. Against a shifting backdrop of mountains, forests, rivers and stone circles, a cult of the Green Man emerges, manifesting itself in unexpected ways. Priests and philosophers, artists and shamans, morris dancers, folklorists and musicians offer stories about what the Green Man might mean and how he came into being. Meanwhile, in the woods, strange things are happening, from an overgrown Welsh railway line to leafy London suburbia.

Uprooted is a timely, beautifully written and joyfully provocative account of this most enduring and recognisable of Britain's folk images.

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9780571318032
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Landing Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. 1: Kilpeck
  7. 2: A Beginner’s Guide to Starting a Cult
  8. 3: The Trail
  9. 4: Pagan Middle England
  10. 5: The Shaman
  11. 6: Fairy Tales and Witches
  12. 7: The Green Chapel
  13. 8: The Wilderness
  14. 9: God, or Nature
  15. Acknowledgements
  16. About the Author
  17. By the Same Author
  18. Copyright