Pagan Religion was a part of Great Britain’s Past
Paganism has been a part of old British Religious Practice When last year King Charles III put a picture of a Green Man on the invitations to his coronation in May, there was much discussion of what the leafy-faced symbol might signify. Was Britain’s new monarch hinting that he was a pagan? Or was he referring to the Green Man Inn in “The Wicker Man”, a classic British film which was released 50 years ago? This film was about a Christian police officer sent to a remote Scottish island community to investigate the disappearance of a local girl has been described as "the Citizen Kane of horror movies" The film deals with the rebirth of nature every spring, The Wicker Man did not die. It was reborn in small second-run cinemas, on TV, on video and DVD, and over the years its reputation grew. Academics and a growing fan base pored over its themes and strange quirks. The film is a depiction of a Celtic Paganism that has been revived on a remote Scottish island. Whilst the di...