# The Wicker Man--where??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wicker-man-where/72986>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 18, 2001, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wicker-man-where/72986 "2001-07-18T22:57:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wicker-man-where/72986/1 "2001-07-18T22:57:58Z")

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I saw the link for the “wicker man” question on the Message Board page, but couldn’t find the specific item (as a thread) anywhere, even with the search engine. Where is it? 😕

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**Author:** ![fenrir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/43a26b/32.png) [@fenrir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fenrir)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wicker-man-where/72986/2 "2001-07-18T23:19:44Z")

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Far more interesting is the annual Burning Man Festival, a bizarre combination of participatory art event and beer blast held the  
week before Labor Day in the Nevada desert. If that’s what you mean.

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**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wicker-man-where/72986/3 "2001-07-18T23:28:45Z")

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I’ve seen the movie _The Wicker Man_ and attended Zozobra many times…what do you want to know? I’m not aware of any threads about them.

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**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wicker-man-where/72986/4 "2001-07-18T23:43:38Z")

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This is the classic column on the Straight Dope Home Page today: [Did the Celts Really Burn a Wicker Man?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=78554)

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**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wicker-man-where/72986/5 "2001-07-18T23:45:19Z")

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ummmm…

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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wicker-man-where/72986/6 "2001-08-27T18:27:03Z")

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In a book called _Dear Dead Days_ (1965), macabre cartoonist Charles Addams included a picture–probably an old painting–of such a “wicker man,” a giant man-shaped cage filled with people. The caption read, _“Wholesale execution of hostages. From an old edition of Caesar’s works.”_ This, of course, suggests the practice existed during, and probably was condoned by, the Roman Empire.