He is in orgies on the hillside, riots in the street, the celebrations of plenty, and the privations of crop failure. He is in inebriation, orgasm, trance and possession. His eyes typically do not focus, and His image is part comforting and part worrying, like the force He represents. The Green man likes wild places, hence His association with the countryside. He is also sometimes known as as Robin Goodfellowe, Jack o' the Green, Green George, or Robin Hood.
The Green Man dies each year on the 5th of November (The Old English New Years Day) to the sound of bangs and the site of bonfires, much later associated with Guy Fawkes. He is reborn on 1st May each year. Spring rites celebrate that renaissance, and children conceived on this day (particularly as a result of the spring rights!) were known as Robin's Son or Robinson. So He is a vegetation force, dying each winter but leaving His seed in the womb of Mother Earth for the next spring. He is also the last protector of lost souls.
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Various images of the Green Man from around the world, including Christian, Hindu, Buddhist and Mayan places of worship, showing the Green Man crosses nearly all secular and philosophical boundaries.
An inspiring indication that maybe, we were all once, one religion, one nation and above all one people.