5d • General discussion
Green Man Festival
We went to the Green Man Festival in Clun yesterday, they have a symbolic “battle” between the Green Man and the Ice Queen.
In this telling, the Ice Queen represents winter — the cold, the stillness, the time of retreat. The Green Man, crowned in leaves and wildness, represents life returning — growth, fertility, and the rising energy of summer.
Traditionally, this story would have been told through the Oak King and the Holly King — two aspects of the same force, locked in an eternal cycle. The Holly King ruling the darker half of the year, and the Oak King returning at Beltane to bring the light back.
Here, the Ice Queen has taken the place of the Holly King — perhaps a more visible, embodied way of representing winter’s grip.
And when the Green Man wins…it marks that turning point.
Not just in the seasons around us, but in something within us too. The crowd cheered and clapped as the Green Man stood victorious on the bridge in the lovely village of Clun.
🌱 The slow return of energy🌿 The quiet sense that life is beginning to move again
These stories were never just entertainment. They were ways of understanding the rhythms of life — of remembering that there is a time for stillness, and a time for growth… and that both are needed. I know I certainly embraced 'wintering' this past winter, more than ever before. I needed it.
We’re not separate from these cycles. We’re part of them.
I’ve added a few photos below ✨
I hope you all enjoyed your bank holiday weekends, what did you do? share in the comments below.
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