FAE FOLKE : ORIGINS OF THE GIANTS IN BRITAIN
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JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
TREE OF LIFE
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The Green Man
& the Survival of Our Folk Soul
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European culture has faced attacks many times over the centuries. But, we continue to thrive due to archetypes like the Green Man who have lived on in the folk tradition to speak to our folk soul.
Green Man is a sculpture or other representation of a face surrounded by or made from leaves. Branches or vines may sprout from the mouth, nostrils, or other parts of the face and these shoots may bear flowers or fruit. Commonly used as a decorative architectural ornament, Green Men are frequently found in carvings on both secular and ecclesiastical buildings.
“The Green Man” is also a popular name for English public houses and various interpretations of the name appear on inn signs, which sometimes show a full figure rather than just the head. The Green Man motif has many variations. Found in many cultures from many ages around the world, the Green Man is often related to natural vegetative deities. It is primarily interpreted as a symbol of rebirth, representing the cycle of growth each spring. Some speculate that the mythology of the Green Man developed independently in the traditions of separate ancient cultures and evolved into the wide variety of examples found throughout history.
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OSIRIS
CHRIST
BREATH OF LIFE
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CERNE ABBAS GIANT
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LONGMAN OF WILMINGTON
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FATHER CHRIST
THE GREEN TREEMAN
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MERLIN
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The oldest known depiction of Stonehenge, a giant helps Merlin build Stonehenge.
From a manuscript of the Brut by Wace in the British Library (Egerton 3028), 2nd quarter of the 14th Century AD.
Belief in, and depiction of, Arthurian legend was common in this period.
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Hugh Newman |
Origins of the Giants in Britain |
Origins Conference
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MegalithomaniaUK
Published on 10 Aug 2019
The next Origins Conference is on November 16th 2019 at Steiner House, London.
In honour of Anthony Roberts’ ground-breaking book Sowers of Thunder (1978), and a preview of his forthcoming book with Jim Vieira: ‘
The Giants of Stonehenge and Ancient Britain’, Hugh explores the mystery of the giants of the British Isles, starting with the famous founding of Britain by Brutus of Troy, who was said to have defeated a giant called Gogmagog to claim his right to Albion.
Hugh looks also at the legends surrounding the Fomorians and Fir Bolg of Ireland, the giants said to have been the mighty megalith builders of England, the ‘Cawr’ giants of Wales, as well as historical accounts of giant human skeletons.
Numerous oversized skeletons are reported to have been found in graves around Stonehenge, and hundreds more appear in accounts in other parts of Britain, as do the existence of various giant-sized artefacts.
Hugh looks also at the archaeological record and discusses whether a giant population did indeed once inhabit the British Isles, who were responsible for the construction of megalithic monuments.
He examines also the power of the British giant myths, which reveal much about the nature of this forgotten population, including the fact that they were geomancers and surveyors and possessed powers like those of shamans, which could change the weather and gave rise to civilization.
Hugh Newman is a world explorer, megalithomaniac and co-author of Giants On Record with Jim Vieira. He has been a regular guest on History Channel’s Ancient Aliens and Search for the Lost Giants and organises the Megalithomania conferences and tours, and co-organises the Origins Conference with Andrew Collins.
He lives in Wiltshire.
Filmed at the Origins Conference at Rudolf Steiner House, London in November 2017.
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SHIFTY POLE CAT
JACK
MAINTAINING THE TREE
FROM INVADERS
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”UNKNOWN” ”UNKNOWN”
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thus ragnarok is come and gods lie dead, in noble conflict were they slain-bluff thor,sly loke,fair frey-none fled, the final battle or the fiercest pain, so the new worlds they ascertain’d, that glorious Albion might their burden bear, while in Albion’s glory shall the whole globe share!
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