God has been driven from heaven and the world is a battlefield of angels and demons.

[derien]

Via phoenikoi: Folklore of homeless children.  And holy crap, the writer of this article paced it out well.  At the very end you learn Bloody Mary's identity, and EEP! :(  As I said to phoenikoi, on the one hand I'd almost like to see this used as a background for stories, but also I don't want to see it appropriated from the kids, as they created these stories because they need them to sustain themselves.

Comments

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

Whoa, I read the fist few paragraphs and it gave me the shivers! I must do some actual work now. Roll on home time so I can read that.

[derien.livejournal.com]

It does! I imagine a good deal of it is in the presentation, but I was so sort of spooked by it, because so much of it is... well, it's about as plausible as anything else. I really like the bit about the angels having a secret base in the Everglades, guarded by alligators.

[tronella.livejournal.com]

Wow, that was a really interesting read.

[derien.livejournal.com]

Yeah... can you imagine being a little kid and being convinced that your father's spirit needs a palm leaf put on his grave so that he can join the angels to fight for good?

[holyschist.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've read that before. It's amazing and disturbing and Neil Gaiman only wishes he had come up with something that compelling for American Gods.

But I don't want to see it appropriated.

[derien.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Neil Gaimen was who I thought of, too. It wouldn't surprise me if he came out with something referencing this mythology, sometime. I only hope he doesn't go too far with it.