The 40 patterns included in this guide for carving green men & wood spirits out of wood are appropriate for carvers of all skill levels. A recent term for a loose archetype-usually the head of a man within nature or a man as part of nature-the green man can be documented as early as A.D. 30 as a Roman architectural accent. The patterns show the green man in his wide range of emotions-happy, sad, miserable, or mischievous-with descriptions of how the wood spirit is anchored to nature.