SolRac

I play the Greenman at Texas Ren Fest. For the appearances made by me please refer to my calendar. If you wish to see me at another Faire or event please send me a message. Now more about myself my name is Carlos I' am happily married to my wife Heidi. I have been living in the Friendswood area for 32 years. I enjoy going to Ren Faires and spending time with my fellow clansmen and women of The Clan of the Celtic Rogues. Me and the misses are High Council Members of the Celtic Rogues. We have been going to Ren Faire for the past 6 years. Ok well lets see.movies as you see in my profile I like movies of period origin. Fantasy, Horror, some sci-fi, comedies and drama. Me, my wife and my Best friend Ginus Thunderbrew were added to the Texas Ren Faire cast this past faire season. As you can see I am the GreenMan of the Celtic Rogues and Texas Ren Fest. In my pics I have some more photos of me at the Texas Ren Fest. Hmmmm dunno what else to say...I guess ill leave it at that.Now alittle about the Greenman: Some of the earliest Green Men have been traced to ancient Rome. In pre-Christian religions, trees were held sacred, forest groves were perceived as the dwelling place of gods, goddesses, and a wide variety of nature spirits. Some scholars believe Bacchus or Dionysus to be the Green Man of the Greco-Roman period. Known widely as a god of ecstasy and divine rapture, he was also the god of vegetation.The Green Man is often perceived as an ancient Celtic symbol. In Celtic mythology, he is a god of spring and summer. He disappears and returns year after year, century after century, enacting themes of death and resurrection, the ebb and flow of life and creativity. The Arthurian legend of Sir Gawain, The Green Knight, is a notable image of the Green Man from the Middle Ages. Gawain had a green helmet, green armor, green shield... even a green horse. When he was decapitated, he continued to live.Given the church's condemnation of the old pagan gods, the last place you'd expect to find Green Man is within the Christian places of worship. Nevertheless his face appears again and again. This may be the church's attempt to "make safe" those elements of paganism it failed to stamp out. The motif of rebirth clearly has Christian applications that provided the Green Man protective status within the cathedrals. Perhaps, also, the Green Man was a talisman to encourage new fertility and growth of the church as well as its constituents.The Green Man has been suppressed and reinvented throughout history. He was banned during the Reformation, but appeared on 17th century memorials and is found on 18th century Scottish gravestones. In the Victorian era, The Green Man was used as an architectural motif from Ireland in the west to Russia in the east. At this time he played a major role in church restorations and as a decorative motif on street architecture. The 20th Century Green Man stands as a modern ecological symbol as well as a model of godhood and nurturance within the male.Layout made by