[BillinO]

I have heard the lore of what a wood spirit is. My question is what is the difference between a wood spirit and a green man? Is the green man a spirit in his stealth mode? Any comments appreciated.

Bill in Omaha

[kaiserb]

Green Man info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Man

[Clifford_Parker]

Both the Green Man and Woodspirit are based on the same lore, the nature guardian. The biggest difference is how they are represented.

The green man is often shown with leaves or vegetation as hair or part of their faces while the woodspirit is shown with wild hair that sometimes blends into the bark of trees and vegetation.

The link above is a good source and if you follow the woodwose link as well you will find how the two are connected.

[woodcarver55555]

Green men fall into one of several groups, depending of the nature of the face. They have been carved for 100,s of years from big to small and are part of the walls and ceilings of some of the largest churches in Europe. They can be a face looking out throught leaves, have hair replaced by leaves, and even have vines of leaves growing out of the nose and mouth. There are a few more groups also. There is a great book on the subject I bought. In fact, one of our message board members is one of the co-authors.

[Colin_Partridge]

You have it all I can add nothing WOW you guys are the best with advise what a great place to be.
Colin

[BillinO]

Thanks for all of the info on greenmen, too much to read today will havetime next week to absorb some info. Again thanks such a great pool of knowledge. Bill in Omaha

[Raparee]

It's been suggested that the Wood Spirit is an 'evolved' Green Man. Looking through the architecture of Europe we can see the Green Man become more human looking, progressing from a face of the leaves, to a face with leaves as facial hair, to a face in leaves.