Paganism in Scotland

[Duthill]

No , surely not .

[wullie m]

I know the Summer Isles quite well, stayed on a couple, I think the midgies would take care of any shenanigans in the bare scuddy!

[Duthill]

Somebody forgot to tell Julius Caesar that

[Auld Chiel]

I don't think that the Summerisle in the film "The Wicker Man" is the same location as the Summer Isles (Na h-Eileanan Samhraidh/Tanera Mòr) in Loch Broom in the Highlands: YouTube - The Wicker Man - Trailer

[Duthill]

Of course it isn't . No one said it was .

[Saorsa1]

I thought the first film was much better than the second film.

Brit Ekland was very cute looking (not the best photo but nice body).


There are no pagan islands due to the infestation of other religious practices and no ritual sacrifice as far as I know.

Although in some parts of the nether regions of Glasgow I'm quite sure they burn people alive.

In fact they'll steal you belongings, torture you, burn you alive and eat the remains.

Pagan in all but name.

Oh yes, just to add my own personal view, there is no God whether it be pagan or otherwise. But that's not why people choose to believe in a God or practice a religion.

Native Americans practice pagan religions I think.

[Lianachan]

Although the Outer Hebrides had been Christianised for a long time, many early (but still "modern") visitors did record some surviving pagan characteristics within their customs. It's worth having a look through Martin Martin's A Description Of The Western Isles Of Scotland, from around 1695, for such an account, or check Description of Lewis by Captain Dymes, who visited Lewis in 1630, for an example of one of the ways in which Christian saints were venerated as (and sometimes directly mapped onto) earlier gods. No Wicker Man or anything like that, but it is a very interesting subject.