wicker man
Braided ritual figure
A wicker man is a large human-shaped figure made of woven branches, associated with ancient Celtic rituals in which effigies were allegedly burned as sacrifices.
The term gained modern currency through the 1973 British horror film of that name.
Contemporary pagans sometimes burn wicker figures at festivals, though without the human sacrifice.
Shaped three-dimensional art
- strawTube for sipping
- willowNarrow-leaved waterside tree
- osierWillow for basketry
- rattanTropical palm for weaving
basketry · weaving · craftsmanship · figure · giant · humanoid · hollow · frame
Giving up something precious
- burningCombustion in progress
- offeringSomething presented or given
- pyreFuneral burning heap
- victimOne harmed by another
ceremony · immolation · propitiation · appeasement · harvest · fertility · execution · enclosure
Extreme fear or disgust
- cult classicObscure work with devoted fans
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- disappearanceAct of going missing
- islandWater-bounded land mass
Christopher Lee · thriller · 1973 · remake · Nicolas Cage · folk horror · screenplay · twist ending
Festive event marking occasion
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- bonfireLarge outdoor fire
- midsummerPeak of warm months
- processionFormal moving line
revelry · spectacle · neopagan · community · outdoor · summer solstice
Ancient Celtic priest-scholar
- GaulRoman-era Western Europe
- CaesarRoman imperial title
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
- Iron AgePost-bronze historical period
deity · propitiation · tribal · priesthood · sacred grove · human sacrifice · ancient Britain · ritual killing
sculpture
Shaped three-dimensional art
rattan · basketry · weaving · craftsmanship · figure · giant · humanoid · hollow · frame · construction
sacrifice
Giving up something precious
victim · ceremony · immolation · propitiation · appeasement · harvest · fertility · execution · enclosure · procession
horror
Extreme fear or disgust
- cult classicObscure work with devoted fans
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- disappearanceAct of going missing
Christopher Lee · island · thriller · 1973 · remake · Nicolas Cage · folk horror · screenplay · twist ending · soundtrack
celebration
Festive event marking occasion
procession · revelry · spectacle · neopagan · community · outdoor · summer solstice
druid
Ancient Celtic priest-scholar
Iron Age · deity · propitiation · tribal · priesthood · sacred grove · human sacrifice · ancient Britain · ritual killing
- British Folklorefairy, fairies, pixie, pixies, brownie
- Druidrydruid, sacred grove, oak groves, druid circle, bard
- MayMay Day, maypole, maypole dance, May queen, May flowers
- CelticIreland, druid, Scotland, Wales, Gaelic
- magical creaturesgolem, familiar, homunculus, elemental, construct
wicker manstone sculpture
Art hewn from rock
marble statue · bronze statue · bronze sculpture · clay figure · cigar store Indian
wicker mancrucifix
Cross with Christ figure
reliquary · marble statue · eternal flame · war memorial · cenotaph
wicker, man, mankind, manly, manliness, manhood, unmanned, manned, manning