L'Homme Vert

[Morwenn]

Bonjour à vous.
Je ne sais si cette question a été évoquée ici, mais j'amerais savoir qui est ce mystérieux "Homme Vert" que je croise parfois au cours de lectures fort peu sérieuses, ou au hasard de mes recherches sur Internet. A-t'il aussi un nom irlandais, gallois, écossais ?
Merci de partager avec moi vos connaissances
Amicalement.
Morwenn

[Marc'heg an Avel]

Tu las trouvé : c'est moi !



Du moins, je l'ai été

JCE

[Marc'heg an Avel]

Extrait de Ronan COGHLAN : The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Arthurian Legends :
(Elements Books Ltd. Shaftesbury. 1993)

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"GREEN KNIGHT

1. A character featured in the classic poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (fourteenth century) and its derivative The Green Knight (c. 1500). This knight came into Arthur's hall and asked any one of his knights to trade blows. Gawain accepted this challenge and he was allowed to strike first. He cut off the Green Knight's head. The latter calmly picked it up and told Gawain to meet him on New Year's Morning for his turn.
On his way to this meeting, Gawain lodged with a lord and each agreed to give the other what he had obtained during each day of Gawain's stay.
On the first day, when the lord was out hunting, Gawain received a kiss from his wife which was duly passed on. On the second day, he received a brace of kisses which were also passed on. On the third day he was given three kisses and some green lace which would magically protect him, but only the three kisses were passed on.
Having left the lord's résidence, Gawain arrived at the Green Chapel where he was to meet the Green Knight. He knelt for the blow. The Green Knight aimed three blows at Gawain, but the first two did not make contact and the third but lightly cut his neck.
The Green Knight turned out to be the lord with whom he had been staying and he said he would not have eut Gawain at ail had the latter told him about the lace. The Green Knight was called Bertilak and he lived at Castle Hutton. The tale bears a striking resemblance to an Irish narrative in which Cu Roi takes the part of the Green Knight and Cuchullain that of Gawain. The Green Knight may have been the Green Man, a wild man featured on inn signboards whose effigy was carried in civic processions.

26 2. Sir Pertolepe, a knight who was defeated by Gareth.19 s

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Désolé; il faudra encore traduire.

JCE

[Morwenn]

Mais encore ?
*Tenace*

[Morwenn]

Merci, j'ai posté trop tôt, avant votre réponse
Morwenn

[Cauannos]

Pour la traduction Morwenn... www.reverso.net

[Morwenn]

C'est plutôt de cet Homme Vert là que je parlais....

http://members.tripod.com/MoonTyde_Sept ... enman.html

[Muskull]

Bonjour

C'est effectivement une figure juvénile de l'homme sauvage, divinité de la fertilité et de 3° fonction qui correspond à Sylvanus et sans doute au Mars archaïque des romains.
On le retrouve dans certaines figures de Merlin, dans Peter Pan, dans Robin des Bois...
Le pivert est son oiseau emblématique de même que celui des bûcherons et des forestiers en général.

Voir aussi :
http://forum.arbre-celtique.com/viewtop ... 2741#22741
Et :
http://forum.arbre-celtique.com/viewtop ... 2664#22664
Où le sujet est abondamment traité.

[Morwenn]

Voilà qui, à la fois éclaire ma lanterne, et me précipite sur force pistes à explorer.
Merci, donc.....