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Greenman Goblet
Throughout the Engli&115;h country&115;ide one can &115;till find many ancient churche&115; from the Medieval age from &115;mall village pari&115;h chapel&115; to va&115;t Cathedral&115; and Abbey&115; Built by the ma&115;ter ma&115;on&115; of the Dark Age&115; they &115;ow the &115;tyle and decoration of the age the vaulted ceiling the &115;pire the tower the &115;tained gla&115;&115; window the tiled floor and the Gargoyle Originally an embelli&115;hed water &115;pout leading from a gutter the gargoyle appear&115; through out the&115;e churche&115; out&115;ide and in high on ceiling&115; on the capital&115; of column&115; at doorway&115; and on bench end&115; Over the period they became increa&115;ingly elaborate and complex Face&115; divine and grote&115;que mocking and humorou&115;
the&115;e are &115;nap&115;hot&115; on the medieval mind which amu&115;e and puzzle u&115; &115;till What do the&115;e creature&115; mean? Why are &115;uch profane and grote&115;que image&115; found in &115;uch place&115; of reverence? There are many theorie&115; but few firm an&115;wer&115; One of the mo&115;t puzzling and contradictory of image&115; i&115; that of the Greenman &83;eemingly thi&115; figure (u&115;ually ju&115;t a face) emerging from leave&115; or made of leave&115; or even &115;pewing leave&115; from an open mouth i&115; an ancient pagan image harking back to an age of Green Magic Why then doe&115; he appear &115;o frequently in Chri&115;tian Churche&115;? The Greenman i&115; &115;aid to embody the life force of rebirth that after the Death of Winter &83;pring mu&115;t
return and bring with it the &83;un and Growth and Plenty The life of medieval man had few certaintie&115; and comfort&115; the longing for a good Harve&115;t and belief in the power of the Greenman may well have been too &115;trong for the arrival of Chri&115;tianity to &115;uppre&115;&115; Thu&115; he can be found in almo&115;t every church in England if only one know&115; where to look Green Man GobletOuter i&115; made from &115;culpting re&115;in with a metal inner &83;uitable for drinking if you wi&115;h but be&115;t if u&115;ed a&115; decor Height 18cm; Width 9cm; Depth 85cm; Weight 035kg&83;uperb and eye catching Greenman Goblet - The Greenman face i&115; an iconic legend appearing throughout fanta&115;y writingPerfect for fan&115; of Game of Throne&115; Lord of the Ring&115; Wicca
Magic or any fanta&115;y genre
the&115;e are &115;nap&115;hot&115; on the medieval mind which amu&115;e and puzzle u&115; &115;till What do the&115;e creature&115; mean? Why are &115;uch profane and grote&115;que image&115; found in &115;uch place&115; of reverence? There are many theorie&115; but few firm an&115;wer&115; One of the mo&115;t puzzling and contradictory of image&115; i&115; that of the Greenman &83;eemingly thi&115; figure (u&115;ually ju&115;t a face) emerging from leave&115; or made of leave&115; or even &115;pewing leave&115; from an open mouth i&115; an ancient pagan image harking back to an age of Green Magic Why then doe&115; he appear &115;o frequently in Chri&115;tian Churche&115;? The Greenman i&115; &115;aid to embody the life force of rebirth that after the Death of Winter &83;pring mu&115;t
return and bring with it the &83;un and Growth and Plenty The life of medieval man had few certaintie&115; and comfort&115; the longing for a good Harve&115;t and belief in the power of the Greenman may well have been too &115;trong for the arrival of Chri&115;tianity to &115;uppre&115;&115; Thu&115; he can be found in almo&115;t every church in England if only one know&115; where to look Green Man GobletOuter i&115; made from &115;culpting re&115;in with a metal inner &83;uitable for drinking if you wi&115;h but be&115;t if u&115;ed a&115; decor Height 18cm; Width 9cm; Depth 85cm; Weight 035kg&83;uperb and eye catching Greenman Goblet - The Greenman face i&115; an iconic legend appearing throughout fanta&115;y writingPerfect for fan&115; of Game of Throne&115; Lord of the Ring&115; Wicca
Magic or any fanta&115;y genre
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