Explore Green Men

ISBN-10: 187288394X
ISBN-13: 9781872883946
Category: Art and mythology
Pages: 212
Language: English
Published: 2006
Publisher: Explore
Author: Mercia MacDermott

Description

This detailed study of the history of the Green Man follows this motif back from the previous earliest known examples into its hitherto unrecognised origins in India about 2300 years ago.

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