WalkingwiththeGreenMan:FatheroftheForest,SpiritofNature

TheimageoftheGreenMan-themysteriouscarvedheadsurroundedbyfoliage-hasbothintriguedandmystifiedviewersandfolkloristsalike.Appearinginchurches,taverns,andevenonstatelybuildings,thecarvingseemsshroudedinsupernaturalobscurity.Inthisabsorbingnewbook.Dr.BobCurrantracesthemanystrandsthatmakeupthisenigmaticimage.Heexploresitssignificanceinthemedievalworldanditsdevelopmentinthemodernworld.Healsoinvestigatestheimage'spsychologicalappeal,and,drawingonavarietyofsources,itsimpactonculturesthroughouttheworld.FromheroicarchetypessuchasRobinHoodtoDemigodssuchasHernetheHunter,fromtheKingoftheWoods...