#confident assertions of fact either way underplay how little we know abt the period when druids were kicking about in britain! | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

junewongapologia · 19 days ago

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I think it's a common misconception that Granda Summerisle invented the island's religion - he didn't! In and out of universe! Howie reads about the May Day rituals in a book that describes them as taking place all across Britain! Lord Summerisle describes his grandfather as "giving [the people] back their joyous old gods"! Extensive research was done re Paganism to write the story!

Granda Summerisle effectively revived a dead religion, he didn't invent one from scratch.

#the wicker man #the wicker man 1973 #lord summerisle #sergeant howie #also i think a lot of ppl think summerisle doesnt believe in the old gods #which also doesn't seem to be true #his grandfather didnt #but hes kind of sassy abt his grandfather's attitude #he explicitly says he loves the gods and the traditions #and in the dvd commentary christopher lee says he played summerisle as believing in all of it #and from a meta perspective i think if he doesnt believe it makes him less of a perfect foil to howie #any inaccuracies in the portrayal of paganism are bc all the research was done in the 70s #ppl believed they did all that shit!#and they mightve done!#confident assertions of fact either way underplay how little we know abt the period when druids were kicking about in britain!

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