Two male witches have tied the knot in the UK's first pagan same-sex marriage.
Tom Lanting, 34, and Iain Robertson, 39, who have been together for 12 years, were married in a ceremony in the 16th-century vaulted cellars of Marlin's Wynd in Edinburgh.
The couple, who live in the Scottish capital, are both described as being hedge witches, who use herbal remedies to deal with medical and spiritual ailments.
The ceremony encompassed a number of pagan traditions, including handfasting, where their hands were bound together, the sharing of mead and jumping the broom.
"Getting married in a legal pagan ceremony means so much to both of us," the couple said after their wedding on Saturday.
"The new equal marriage law means that we finally have equal recognition and acceptance of our relationship."
Scotland is the only part of the UK that allows pagans, and other minority and religious belief bodies, to solemnise legal weddings.
The Pagan Federation (Scotland) has been permitted to conduct weddings north of the border since 2005 and has carried out hundreds of ceremonies for mixed sex couples.
Louise Park, the presiding officer for the Pagan Federation, conducted the ceremony.
"Equality for people of all faiths is something that is very dear to the vast majority of pagans, and the Pagan Federation (Scotland) has made equal marriage for all pagans in Scotland one of our biggest campaigns over the last 10 years," she said.
"We feel that, if any couple wish to, they should be able to make their marriage vows before their own personal Gods, friends and family, in a religious ceremony tailored to suit their own beliefs."
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