Mad Lib prayers?

[chronarchy]

Please fill in the blanks:

• a) name of deity
• b) title/attribute of this deity (i.e. "horse goddess", "sky god", "red-head hottie")
• c) your name, pseudonym, or identifying category (i.e. "MJD" or "A child of the Earth")
• d) Mythological feat by this deity
• e) Cosmological place of this deity

Comments

[chronarchy]

Possibly sillier, yes :)

This is the format I'm using:

___(a)___, ___(b)___

I, ___(c)___, call out to you.

You who ___(d)___,

You who ___(e)___:

I have ___(f)___ for you! (optional line)

Grant me ___(g)___! (optional line)

Accept this prayer, I honour you.

___(h)___

[chronarchy]

I do so hope that you're recording these prayers and keeping them somewhere safe for posterity?

In the meantime, I am, much like the hampsters, suddenly confused by something I found on the internet. But that's not uncommon.

[mlleelizabeth]

Can they be intended for humor and/or fictional characters that aren't quite gods?

[chronarchy]

Sure :) I'm working this out for a presentation on prayer, and possibly for a later book. We'll see how the first couple of exercises go. . .

[mlleelizabeth]

Heee!

Lex Luthor
Bald, slinky sexiness
Liz the Fangirl
seduced the Super Stud
Metropolis
created a shrine
perpetual slashy goodness
Squeee!

[singingwren]

Doing it this way is not true mad-lib because all of the attributes, deeds, etc, are going to be lined up with that deity. That's more of a fill-in-the-blank prayer. If you really wanted it to be a mad-lib, you'd have like "Name of deity", "Attribute," "Adjective", "mythological feat", "act of worship", "type of offering", etc, and then the person could be all amused at how it comes together. but then, if they know it's a prayer, that might spoil the effect.

[gypsydove]

in this case it would be for me:

Name of Diety: THor

Attribute: Sex

Adjective: grand

Mythological Feat: Winning a horse

Act of worship: Throwing sticks

Type of offering: Tabacco

You see it would only work, if you didn't tell them that it is for a religous thing.

If you just say:

Mythological Figure:

action word:

Adjective:

action word:

pious action:

item:

[singingwren]

Yeah, that would be fun. You could also try like "God of (abstract noun)" or "(adjective) goddess of (nouns)" or whatever, just to see what sort of deities you get. :)

[gypsydove]

a)name of deity
FRIGG
b) title/attribute of this deity (i.e. "horse goddess", "sky god", "red-head hottie")
Wife, Mother, Holder of Knowledge
c) your name, pseudonym, or identifying category (i.e. "MJD" or "A child of the Earth")
Driuish Asatru
d) Mythological feat by this deity
Seior
e) Cosmological place of this deity
Asagard
f) Action you have done for this deity -
Sat and learned at her knee

g) Request you have of this deity -
A chance to learn knowledge

h) word or phrase for ending a prayer
Namaste

[gypsydove]

Mythological Figure: Hercules

action word: kiss

action word: jump

Verb (plural): punches

item: flower

pious action: kneeling

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It would read:
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___Hercules___,
I, call out to you.
You who _kiss___,
You who ___jump___:
I have __punches____ for you!
Grant me ___flowers___! (optional line)

Accept this prayer, I honour you.

___*kneel*___