pagans in Thailand !

[Liverpudlian]

Am  i the first ever to get the locals intrigued by this guy ?? 

[malt25]

Yes, it would appear so !

[AGareth2]

round about 60 million Spirit worshippers

[VocalNeal]

Given that pagans are not "milites of Christ" Then the above post is correct.

[Liverpudlian]

I brought the mold over with me years ago and the casting in the pic hangs in a village garden and realy does intrigue the locals.

[Kieran00001]

The Green Man of Europe appears to be the same character as Kirtimukha.  It is thought to have been taken to Europe by traders returning from Asia as they are found all along the Silk Road with the earliest in China.  They are believed to have been taken as motiffs adorning pottery, and that these were later copied within Europe, perhaps due to the value of the original Chinese pottery the traders had bought.

 

The link is in the frequent inclusion of another depiction in both images of the Green Man and Kirtimukha, which is of three rabbits running in a circle with joining ears, sometimes known in England as the Tinners' Rabbits.

 

These are from Buddhist China.

 

These are from Throwleigh church.

 

So, to answer your question, no, I do not think you are the first to get the locals intrigued by that guy.  I think this is him, and he's all over Thailand.

 

 

 

[Liverpudlian]

1 hour ago, Kieran00001 said:

The Green Man of Europe appears to be the same character as Kirtimukha.  It is thought to have been taken to Europe by traders returning from Asia as they are found all along the Silk Road with the earliest in China.  They are believed to have been taken as motiffs adorning pottery, and that these were later copied within Europe, perhaps due to the value of the original Chinese pottery the traders had bought.

 

The link is in the frequent inclusion of another depiction in both images of the Green Man and Kirtimukha, which is of three rabbits running in a circle with joining ears, sometimes known in England as the Tinners' Rabbits.

 

These are from Buddhist China.

 

These are from Throwleigh church.

 

So, to answer your question, no, I do not think you are the first to get the locals intrigued by that guy.  I think this is him, and he's all over Thailand.

 

 

 

Thanks for that ! the 3 hares are on pagan gift cards, used to sell em in my hippy dippy shop.

[Kieran00001]

53 minutes ago, Liverpudlian said:

Thanks for that ! the 3 hares are on pagan gift cards, used to sell em in my hippy dippy shop.

 

Yes, they are very popular symbology, and assumed to be the origins of the three arms of the Isle of Mann flag.

[Liverpudlian]

24 minutes ago, Kieran00001 said:

 

Yes, they are very popular symbology, and assumed to be the origins of the three arms of the Isle of Mann flag.

I used to be a member of the pagan fed N/W uk  did lots of djembe workshops for beginners around UK man those ladies MMMMMMM .