A New God for a New Paganism: The Green Man in the Modern Pagan Milieu
Modern Pagan religions are past-oriented, seeking inspiration and legitimation from the pre-Christian religions that once existed in and around Europe. This has led modern Pagan groups to adopt various ideas about pre-Christian religions and their survival that stem from late nineteenth and early tw...
| Autres titres: | "Special Issue: Green Man" |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2023
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| Dans: |
Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Année: 2023, Volume: 17, Numéro: 2, Pages: 201-227 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Green Man
B Esotericism B Wicca B Paganism B Foliate Head B Neo-paganism B Medievalism |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Résumé: | Modern Pagan religions are past-oriented, seeking inspiration and legitimation from the pre-Christian religions that once existed in and around Europe. This has led modern Pagan groups to adopt various ideas about pre-Christian religions and their survival that stem from late nineteenth and early twentieth-century scholarship - including the notion of the Green Man. The belief that the foliate heads of medieval ecclesiastical architecture demonstrated evidence for a pre-Christian religion surviving into the High and Late Middle Ages, as articulated in its most complete form by Lady Raglan in 1939, appealed to early Wiccans such as Gerald Gardner and Doreen Valiente, who interpreted these heads as depictions of the Wiccan Horned God. By the 1990s, the Green Man had become arecurring image in the modern Pagan milieu who was increasingly incorporated into ritual, while the 2000s witnessed the growth of modern Pagan literature devoted to this new sylvan god. |
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| ISSN: | 1749-4915 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/jsrnc.20036 |
