Navarra GREEN MEN OF OLITE Nearby places: Puenta la Reina, Ujué, Martin de Tours
CHURCH
ST. MARY
Quite sensational. From this front portal
the relationship between the Madonna and the Green Man is displayed in a very convincing
way i.e. She is the Great Mother with Her Son/Lover/Protector. This church - if I remember
well - was probably a Templer church....(?)
Revealing
Discovery Note 10
Arcadic
romance
"Virgen
Blanca"
Only two
faces relate to the old times
CHURCH
S.PEDRO
Official church of the Kings
of Navarra. Hier is something to see that is typical for the "Christian"
aristocracy - and not only for them! - at that time. For the external world they should be
loyal "sons" of the church. Here it is convincingly displayed: the royal (also
roman) eagle is keeping a rabbit i.e. hare in its claws, symbol of the victory of
Christianity over "paganism"
How totally
arrogant i.e. ruthless...
What they
probably not have realized: the rabbit is also symbol of innocence...
In the church,
however.....
Accidentally, I was there just
before the beginning of a service, hence the church was open, otherwise I wouldn't have
had the opportunity to come back....In the church a totally different - opposite - scene!
Beautiful Green Men, as you can see carved with love. Does that say something about our
own - Christian moulded - inner schizophrenia?
Because of the service the
Cloister was closed, I thus don't know what surprises still can be expected
Two kinds
of leaves and various flowers. Beautiful.
The animals also look
happy......
Probably
the execution of St.Peter
A Green Man
face under the spectators seem to suggest a different meaning (?)....LINK: Torres del Rio
