The Green Man is an archetypal form of the God of Vegetation. He is known by many names all over the world and throughout history. He has been called Jack-in-the-Green, Atthys, Adonis, Lono, Xipe, Dionysus and most anciently Tammuz. Tammuz was the Sumerian Green Man, lover of the Goddess Inanna. His story is the oldest agricultural cycle: He is born in the Spring, loves in the Summer, cut down at the Harvest, spends Winter in the Underworld only to be reborn once more in the Spring. It is the same tale as the English folksong of John Barleycorn. Like the Egyptian green-faced God Osiris, these gods are all associated with the brewing of beer.
-Morning Glory Zell
