This Celtic celebration of fire and fertility culminates in the marriage of the May Queen and the Green Man—and the arrival ...

Often, too, it sprang from folklore. Another form of the sign is Jack-in-the-Green, a prominent figure in pagan revels.” Most Green Man pubs are indeed located in the country, where you might expect ...

As a celebration marking the first day of summer, May Day's traditions are rooted in pagan festivals. The Morris dancing ...

The experimental archaeology site in Waterlooville hosted the burning of a 40ft wicker man at dusk to mark the pagan quarter-day ... The May Queen and Green Man were in attendance, as were members ...

So how did a nearly forgotten pagan fire ritual become one of Scotland ... as performers reenact the seasonal rebirth of the Green Man before a crowd of thousands. Photograph by Kieran Dodds ...