I have no idea how I got on this particular mailing list (and I suspect something has gone drastically wrong because I have), but this came across my desk today, and I thought I’d share it with all of you.
There is some comfort, I suppose, in knowing that humans are not the only persons in a polytheistic universe who have to deal with ridiculous bureaucracy.
This is even better than I thought!
Perhaps she’d be well suited as the Goddess of Guinness… If only to ease the stress of years as the totally legit Goddess of Definitely Not Un-Indigenous Irish Potatoes X)
(boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew indeed!)
By: Dionysia on February 11, 2013
at 8:39 pm
Glad you approve!
I’m also happy with myself that I thought to do it this way…
Certainly, though, being a Guinness deity would be something both useful and appreciated by many other folks as well…
She could have requested a transfer of location, so she could become the Russian Vodka Goddess, I guess…
My goodness, my Guinness, eh?
By: aediculaantinoi on February 11, 2013
at 10:49 pm
I think General Guinness might have something to say about that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFkea0C68iY
By: Scott on February 12, 2013
at 10:35 am
Indeed…and, I wasn’t even aware of His Excellency’s existence, so my apologies there!
That’s a lovely piece, though–I especially liked the lines about the Firth of Forth becoming the Firth of Froth, both as a person familiar with Scottish placenames as well as a dyslexic!
Thanks for sharing this!
By: aediculaantinoi on February 12, 2013
at 1:02 pm
That was good! Norse Pumpkin Goddess it is, then X) I think you can make booze out of pumpkins too…
By: Dionysia on February 12, 2013
at 1:21 pm
I believe, by the phrasing, that Mammy Tater also expressed a desire to no longer be a goddess in this next transformation–though I suppose “Norse Pumpkin Lords” can also wear dresses if they like…who am I to question a Pumpkin Lord?
By: aediculaantinoi on February 12, 2013
at 1:29 pm
Who doesn’t want to be a Pumpkin Lord?
By: Indigo Celeste (@IndigoCeleste) on February 12, 2013
at 4:53 pm
John Boehner and Donald Trump already are, so they don’t want to be; and Snooki is a Pumpkin Lady (or “Pumpkin Dame,” perhaps?), so cross her off the list, too…!
By: aediculaantinoi on February 12, 2013
at 8:53 pm
Ah yes, now that I read it again it looks like you’re right. But hey, if a Pumpkin Lord wants to wear a dress, it just makes it that much more fun!
That being said, now I have the urge to watch Rocky Horror (I know Tim Curry is in a corset but it’s what came to mind).
By: Dionysia on February 12, 2013
at 5:42 pm
You might find the “Modern Dionysian Initiation” ritual that took place at PantheaCon last year interesting in this regard–look it up in the search field above and see what it says!
By: aediculaantinoi on February 12, 2013
at 8:53 pm
*facepalm*
By: Erynn on February 11, 2013
at 11:49 pm
Indeed–that is Mammy Tater’s preferred mudra.
(But, the Edinburgh Dindshenchas say that it is not her preferred mudra, but instead that she originated it when she found herself in existence, and couldn’t take her own existence seriously.)
By: aediculaantinoi on February 12, 2013
at 8:40 am
By: Soliwo on February 12, 2013
at 5:50 am
I have my moments…!
By: aediculaantinoi on February 12, 2013
at 8:40 am
So funny. And I see possibilities for a sequel.
By: Soliwo on February 12, 2013
at 9:19 am
Reams of them…for good or ill…!?!
By: aediculaantinoi on February 12, 2013
at 12:58 pm