Editing Green (section)

=== Dragons, fairies, monsters, and devils ===
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Michael Pacher 004.jpg|''[[Wolfgang of Regensburg|Saint Wolfgang]] and the Devil'', by [[Michael Pacher]]
Liber Floridus page scan A, ca. 1460.jpg|A medieval illustration of a dragon (1460)
Chinese draak.jpg|A Chinese [[dragon dance]]
Leprechaun ill artlibre jnl.png|A 20th-century depiction of a [[leprechaun]]
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In legends, folk tales and films, [[fairies]], [[dragons]], [[monsters]], and the devil are often shown as green.

In the Middle Ages, the devil was usually shown as either red, black or green. Dragons were usually green, because they had the heads, claws and tails of reptiles.

Modern [[Chinese dragons]] are also often green, but unlike European dragons, they are benevolent; Chinese dragons traditionally symbolize potent and auspicious powers, particularly control over water, rainfall, hurricane, and floods. The dragon is also a symbol of power, strength, and good luck. The Emperor of China usually used the dragon as a symbol of his imperial power and strength. The [[dragon dance]] is a popular feature of Chinese festivals.

In [[Irish folklore|Irish]] and [[English folklore]], the color was sometimes associated with witchcraft, and with [[faeries]] and spirits.<ref name=evil>Williams, Margaret. ''The Pearl Poet, His Complete Works''. Random House, 1967.</ref><ref>[[Vance Randolph|Randolph, Vance]]. ''The Devil's Pretty Daughter''. Columbia University Press, 1955. p. 215.</ref><ref>Hulbert, J. R. "[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924062186329&view=1up&seq=468&skin=2021&q1=%22green%20man%22 Syr Gawayn and the Grene Knyʒt]". In: ''Modern philology'' Vol. 13 (1915/16). p. 456.</ref> The type of Irish fairy known as a [[leprechaun]] is commonly portrayed wearing a green suit, though before the 20th century he was usually described as wearing a red suit.

In theater and film, green was often connected with monsters and the inhuman. The earliest films of Frankenstein were in black and white, but in the poster for the 1935 version ''[[The Bride of Frankenstein]]'', the monster had a green face. Actor [[Bela Lugosi]] wore green-hued makeup for the role of [[Dracula]] in the 1927–1928 Broadway stage production.<ref>{{cite book| last = Skal | first= David J. |year = 1990| title = Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen| page = 85 | publisher = Andre Deutch| isbn= 978-0-233-98766-8}}</ref><ref>''Why The Devil Wears Green'', D. W. Robertson, Jr., Modern Language Notes, Vol. 69, No. 7. (Nov. 1954), pp. 470–72. The Johns Hopkins University Press.</ref>