Do you think the idea of The Wicker Man was a good idea?

Question

I think it would be a fine religion.

Answer 1

Personally i did not like the movie~ it spread a lot of false ideas about Pagans.
~A~

Answer 2

Thought some of it was ok but a terrible movie....not the true portrayal of the Pagan Culture and Traditions. During Lughnasadh, a "Wicker Man" (not a real man!) is burnt to symbolize the sacrifices he makes every year. He's also known as the Green God and the Corn Man. It is a very sacred tradition.

Answer 3

I love the movie, all of it.

Now on the accuracy - Julius Caesar had portrayed Gaul inhabitants in the writings translated as the Gallic Wars as ones who would put the prisoners of war to death by placing them inside of an effigy and setting it on fire & burning it while the prisoners were still alive.
There is no actual proof that such practices have actually ever taken place, besides his material used for the purposes of military/ political propaganda (showing the enemies as savages). It is known , however that Romans themselves have practiced exodus of Early Christians by placing them in arenas against lions etc. and what not...

I urge you to look up reference of The Gallic War:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallic_Wars

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicker_Man
The Wicker Man in history
While other Roman writers of the time described human sacrifice among the Celts,[3] there is no other evidence for the use of the wicker man beyond Caesar's account. He mentions it as only one way the Druids of Gaul performed sacrifices, and does not claim to have witnessed it for himself.

Please take the point of 'no actual proof'. Nuff said.

Answer 4

Do you refer to what Julius Caesar discovered among the Germanic peoples.. The sacrifice for a good harvest? Not a great idea if you were one of the people chosen to be inside the wicker about to be burned in sacrifice.

Answer 5

The Wicker Man, was actually made by Christian run media as antipagan proppaganda. That Men are not fit to be seen in public and should be put in their place as the beast of burden that they are, I agree with. But killing as a person, a sacrifice is a Christian thing I'm not into Christian things.

Answer 6

I have not seen the modern remake. The one I have was made in 1973 and starred Christopher Lee and Britt Ekland. I liked it all up to the part about the human sacrifice. Most of it was about paganism much the way I see it, except that I don't know anyone who approves of human sacrifice, with the possible exception of self-sacrifice (i.e., a volunteer) in very extreme cases.

Answer 7

the actual belief..

the ritual destruction of of a symbol instead of resorting to the violence that man knows so well?
or the BS they showed in the Nocholas Cage movie?

of course, thare is still the possibility that men were burnt to death inside of wicker and Vine enclosures...as a punishment for rape or murder. but so far as i have seen there is no evidence for this that is credible.

Answer 8

I loved the movie - the 1973 British version, with Britt Eckland - especially the costume design. Not sure the religion(s) represented are particularly relevant to today's world, but hey, do what you think is right.

Answer 9

I had to look it up. I think I will see if I can find the original.

Answer 10

It showed the love of religious ppl