South Tyrol Museum of Natural History – The Wild Man: The Green Version

Wild or green men are mysterious figures who descend from the mountains and forests into villages to deliver enigmatic messages from another dimension. This is the theme of the Italian-language lecture “L’uomo selvatico: la versione verde” (The Wild Man: The Green Version), which will take place on Tuesday, March 24, at 6:00 PM at the South Tyrol Museum of Natural History.



Anthropologist Giovanni Kezich will talk about a group of these figures, the so-called Green Men, who can be found from England through Bohemia to the Dolomites, where they merge with the Alpine legend of the Wild Man. At the level of elemental animism, where plants, animals, and humans meet and merge, these spontaneous and enigmatic appearances point to an intriguing ethnographic journey across our continent.



Giovanni Kezich directed the Museo degli Usi e Costumi della Gente Trentina in San Michele (TN) for thirty years. In this role, he coordinated the Seminar on Alpine Ethnography, was responsible for the “Carnival King of Europe” project, and developed and promoted research on the inscriptions of shepherds in the Fiemme Valley. He has published numerous works in the field of ethnomuseology.



Attendance at the lecture is free, but registration is recommended on the museum’s website at https://app.no-q.info/naturmuseum-sudtirol/events/course/560344.