- The Cerne Abbas Giant is also known as the “Rude Man”, for obvious reasons. It is the largest hill drawing in Britain and one of only two human representations.
- Hello and welcome to the channel. In this video, the channel host and Viking Egil Thorsson is telling an old English folktale called the Cerne Abbas giant.
- There are many theories about the identity of the Cerne Abbas Giant. One common interpretation is that he is a prehistoric or Celtic fertility god or symbol.
- In the case of the Cerne Abbas Giant, the underlying rock is chalk, which causes the giant to stand out vividly against the green hill he is carved into.
- cerne abbas The Cerne Abbas Giant with sheep and shepherd over left shoulder. Upon a hill rising from the small Dorset village of Cerne Abbas, the...
- The Cerne Abbas Giant was formed by cutting trenches two feet deep into the steep hillside and then filling them with crushed chalk.
- Jonathan Still, the vicar of Cerne Abbas church said recently; ‘The giant is absolutely essential to what this place is, and who these people are’.
- The exact age of the Cerne Abbas Giant is not known, as there are no records or historical accounts of its creation.
- The Cerne Abbas Giant, in Dorset, is so imposing that he is best viewed from the opposite crest of the valley, or from the air.Illustration by Bill Bragg.
- After centuries of speculation, the origins of the Cerne Abbas Giant may finally have been determined, according to a recent study.