Green Man (disambiguation)

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The Green Man is an ancient symbol of nature. The phrase may also refer to:

In fiction:

• The Green Man, a ghost story by British author Kingsley Amis and a 1990 horror film adaptation
• Green Man (comics), a DC Comics superhero
• The Green Man (1956 film), starring Alastair Sim as a jovial freelance assassin
• Someshta, the Green Man, a character in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time fantasy series
• The Hulk, a comic book superhero usually depicted with green skin
• The Green Man Press, comic-book illustrator Charles Vess' publishing company
• Raymond Robinson (Green Man), a figure of Pennsylvania urban legend

In music:

• Green Man (album), the 1996 debut album from British singer Mark Owen
• The Green Man (album), the 2000 release from British recording artist Roy Harper
• "Green Man", a song on the album October Rust by the band Type O Negative
• Green Man Festival, a major folk music festival held in the United Kingdom

Other uses:

• Al-Khidr, the Green Man, a Qur'anic figure prominent for his initiation of Moses
• Green Man, a communication device used at unstaffed police stations of the Garda Síochána in the Republic of Ireland.
• Green Man (PGI), a figure associated with the Pyrotechnics Guild International, whose members may refer to each other as "green men"
• Green man, an illuminated figure on traffic lights that indicates to pedestrians that they may cross the road

Greenman may refer to:

• Greenman, a song featured on XTC's album Apple Venus Volume 1
• Ike! Greenman, a Japanese television series

[edit] See also

• Little Green Men are the stereotypical portrayal of extraterrestrials as small humanoid creatures with green skin.
• Green Knight, a figure in Arthurian legend