The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #89099   Message #1679337
Posted By: Folkiedave
26-Feb-06 - 11:05 AM
Thread Name: The Wicker Man
Subject: RE: The Wicker Man
Well, it may be that some people believe Summerisle exists and has some true facts.

The story of the writing of the film by Antony Shaffer is told in the book I referred to in my previous post.

All the pagan stuff was based on material found in Fraser's "The Golden Bough". If you believe the Golden Bough then I suppose it could loosely be described as based on true facts.

You can read it here http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/frazer/ - always supposing you have no paint to watch go dry.