Actually, it's worth having a look at the named foliate face on the fountain in the Musée Lapidaire St-Denis; compare the beautiful carving of the sculpture itself with the crudely executed graffito scrawl of the name which could have been added at any time, by anyone.

That it has been seized upon without question by Anderson, Grundy et al, shows just how dodgy the pagan hypothesis is. But remember, there was no pagan hypothesis before 1939, just as there was no 'Green Man' - this is a very modern concept!

There is absolutely no Celtic precendent for the Green Man; and given the abundance of Celtic heads of all types in the archaelogical record, one would have thought if the Green Man did have a Celtic provenance, one would have turned up by now.

So, queer notions as I say; wayward speculation entirely without foundation - and the fact that Green Men are to be found throughout the Churches and Cathedrals of Europe is surely a further demonstration of their significance to the culture and theology of pre-Reformation Roman Catholicism rather than the indicator of a Celtic provenance you seem to be suggesting?

As for Sheela-na-Gigs - see my entry above for 12 Sep 07 - 08:21 AM