City Guide to Edinburgh, Scotland

City Guide to Edinburgh, Scotland

The Green Man Is Reborn


By edg - Posted on 19 July 2007

What's this from?: 
Beltane Fire Festival
Venue: 
Calton Hill
The Green Man Is Reborn

Spring is in the air. Here comes the Beltane's Green Man. In pagan lore the old Green Man or Horned God who rules over winter has his clothing stripped from him by the handmaidens and is reborn as the young Green man. Here he is celebrating his new-found youth by cavorting and dancing. 

Credit: 
Beltane Fire Festival Society