WoodKirk, in England we associate woods with evil and witch craft and as for Kirk, it is an old Scottish pagan name.
The word Kirk is the name for church. It is a (celtic)phonetical representation of the word church.('ch' has a 'k' sound.. kinda.)
The interpretation you speak of (that being pagan) is not Scottish at all, rather the reverse. etymologicaly speaking it is a chicken egg thing, Kirk = Church. The name was also atributed to the godess Circe who was supposedly a godess of truth and is represented by a circle.
I find that incredibly funny, because if you take the cirlce around just a bit the word church was derived from a pagan goddess. The irony astounds me, was perchance the pagan god of irony named congregation? If Church is pagan then is Harry Potter a christian?
Circe was NOT " a goddess of truth ", in any way, shape, manner, nor form. Circe was an enchantress, a sorceress, a witch who turned men into pigs ( swine ) , and is a pivitol charater in the ancient Homeric story of Odysseus, and know as " THE ODYSSEY ". The Romans took and adapted that story, and renamed the hero ULYSSES.
The word circle, does come from the same Latin root as her name. Circe, in ancient Rome, was also considered to be the goddess who rules of the stars, that ruled over man's fate. The circle, was a term used in referrence to structures like the Colliseum, which began existance as the site of funnerial games, in honor of the dead. Circus is another Latin word, which shares the same root and purpose.
Woods, from early Medevial times,in England, France, and Germany were indeed considered to be " evil " and a place where demons and others from the spirit world lived. Again, you are proving your lack of knowledge, by claiming otherwise. Why else do so many " bad " things happen, in fair tales, in woods ?
Yes, kirk does translate into church. It is Scotts, as well as Icelandic, and NOT Celtic, in any way. It specifically means a Presbetyrian church ( Church of Scotland ) and NOT just any church.