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GREEN MEN OF SPLIT

Great Mother Kybele, Mother of the Gods

ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM SPLIT

The following images are all Green Man related.

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Attis, the Lover of Kybele and symbol of the Vegetation Gods

 

 

Selenus, the Garden God, predecessor of the Green Man, with the Goddess Fortuna as His Origin

 

 

Satyr, helper (and even teacher) of Dionysos. The latter is an important "role model" for the Green Men

 

 

Theater mask with vegetation, first appearence of Green Man

 

 

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Green Man with Dionysian head

Very similar images

 

 

A very impressive Green Man

Negative printing of a satyr with goat head on the left side

Bull head. Goat and bull are "archetypes" for Vegetation Gods

 

Vessel of Abundance, symbolizing the Cosmic Womb, later becoming the central "object" in the Grail legend

A house with sculptures

 

 

Clearly a human figure embedded in nature. So, links with Green Men are there. The exact meaning of these images I don't know

 

 

 

This gallery is surrounding the huge central square of Split. One side is decorated with Green Beasts/Men. They are quite recent. It means that even in current times the Green Man is still remembered e.g. honoured
Some unidentified heads in the street
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