"Green Man" mythology

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FORESTSMichael St. John Parker [Wessex Books] wrote...The eyes that look out of the mask of leaves are sometimes disconcertingly bold, sometimes disagreeably furtive, sometimes chillingly indifferent and aged: what does the Green Man mean? This is one of the most enigmatic of myths but also one of the most persistent in northern Europe.The first literary reference in English