Erm? Isn't the Green Knight (of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight) the same as the Green Man? This tale is 14th century literature purportedly by the Pearl Poet. It's been yonks since I read it, but wasn't the story a sort of juxtapostioning of pagan concepts and christian tenets seasoned with a load of the chivalric code.

Yeah I know that churches and cathedrals throughout Europe have the Green man(green christ)image carved here and there. But is this not just another pirating of a pagan concept made to look christian?

Someone illuminate me?