Editing Wicker man (section)

==Modern==

There are accounts of large wickerwork figures being burnt in France during the 18th and 19th centuries. [[Wilhelm Mannhardt]] recorded that a wickerwork giant was burnt each [[Midsummer]] Eve in [[Brie (region)|Brie]].<ref name="Frazer">[[James George Frazer|Frazer, James]] (1922). [https://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/frazer/gb06402.htm Chapter 64. The Burning of Human Beings in the Fires, Section 2. The Burning of Men and Animals in the Fires]. ''[[The Golden Bough]]''. [[Internet Sacred Text Archive]].</ref> Until 1743, a large wickerwork figure of a soldier or warrior was burnt every 3 July on the Rue aux Ours in Paris, as the crowd sang "[[Salve Regina]]".<ref name="Frazer"/> At [[Bagnères-de-Luchon|Luchon]] in the [[Pyrenees]], snakes were burnt alive in a tall wickerwork column decked with leaves and flowers on Midsummer Eve. Young men with torches danced around the burning column, and the townsfolk and clergy sang hymns.<ref name="Frazer"/> An Englishman who watched the ceremony in 1890 said the figure was somewhat "shaped like a [[Egyptian mummy|mummy]]" and stood about {{convert|20|ft|abbr=on}} tall.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Davidson |first=Hilda Ellis |author-link=Hilda Ellis Davidson |title=Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions |date=1988 |publisher=Syracuse University Press |page=60}}</ref>

The British horror film ''[[The Wicker Man (1973 film)|The Wicker Man]]'' (1973) brought the wicker man into modern [[popular culture]].<ref name="Jordan"/> In recent times, a wicker man (without human or animal sacrifices) has been burnt at some [[neopagan]] ceremonies, folk festivals, as well as festivals such as [[Burning Man]] in the United States<ref name="Jordan"/> and the former [[Wickerman Festival]] in Scotland.<ref>[http://www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk/gallery.html Gallery] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029051115/http://www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk/gallery.html |date=2012-10-29 }}, Thewickermanfestival.co.uk</ref>

In [[Norte Region, Portugal|Northern Portugal]], the traditional [[Careto|Caretos Festival]] ends with the burning of a gigantic human effigy with horns while young people run around it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caretosdepodence.pt|title=Caretos de Podence|website=www.caretosdepodence.pt|language=pt-PT|access-date=2017-04-11}}</ref>

In [[Badalona]] ([[Catalonia]]), and within the framework of the local Major Festival in May ([[:ca:Festes de Maig (Badalona)|Festes de Maig]]), every year a sizeable wooden figure representing a devil is burnt. The decoration of each statue is themed depending on the current political and social main topics of that year and is chosen by popular vote through a public contest. Documented at least since the 18th century, the modern version of this old tradition began just after the [[Spanish Civil War]] in 1940.
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremada_del_Dimoni|title=Cremada del dimoni|website=ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremada_del_Dimoni|language=catalan|access-date=2024-06-02}}</ref>{{Circular reference|date=August 2024}}

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File:Burning wicker man by Bruce McAdam.jpg|Wicker man on fire at the Archaeolink Prehistory Park, [[Oyne]], Aberdeenshire, Scotland
File:A Neopagan Wicker Man.JPG|A lifesize modern pagan wicker man, in south east London, England
File:001132 Der brennende Mann-Brauch (Wikcker man)2013 in Wola Sękowa, Sanok.JPG|Wickerman Event 2013 in [[Wola Sękowa]], Poland
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