The Green Man was invented in 1939.

Not the carvings. Those are real, they are medieval, and they have a fascinating Christian history. But the god, the named figure currently worshipped across contemporary Paganism as an ancient vegetation deity, was assembled in the twentieth century from a misread folklore article, a collapsed witch-cult theory, and a Jungian response to ecological anxiety.

This video tells that story properly, with the scholarship, the primary sources, and the reception history. No gatekeeping, no debunking energy. Just the real genealogy of a god we made ourselves.

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00:00 The Truth About the Green Man

02:42 Lady Raglan and the Naming of the Green Man

04:26 Was “Green Man” Ever a Medieval Name?

05:36 Foliate Heads: The Older Christian Art History

08:01 Kīrttimukha and the Green Man: A Possible Connection?

09:00 Frazer, Murray, and the Pagan Survival Theory

10:41 Why the Witch-Cult Theory Fell Apart

11:03 Jack-in-the-Green, May Kings, and Invented Tradition

12:29 How the Green Man Became a Modern Pagan God

13:12 The Green Man in Wicca and Modern Paganism

13:51 Ecology, Jung, and the Green Man Revival

15:02 Is the Green Man Ancient or Modern?

15:51 The Green Man Is Ours: A Modern Religious Figure

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Published on April 26, 2026