OOC: Mary's visitor today

[spit-spot.livejournal.com]

For those of you not familiar with the Mary Poppins books (and I think that might be most of you) I thought I'd give you a little background.

While Christmas shopping in the second to last chapter of the first book, Mary and her charges are joined by Maia.

No, not That Maia, this one.

Long story short, she's the eldest second eldest of the Pleiades, which are both the seven daughters of Atlas and a star cluster.

In the book, while people don't know who she is per sae, they automatically treat her with reverence. I do not know why that is. They bow to her, don't charge her for the things she buys for her family and friends, and generally treat her like royalty for no reason that I can discern other then she's a star from the sky made flesh and come to earth to do some Christmas shopping. If that's how you want to react to her, great. If not, great.

People who are VERY familiar with constellations or Greek mythology can recognize who she is after a moment if they would like.

We'll be hitting most, if not all of the businesses that are open today. If I miss yours, or if there's somewhere in particular you want us to swing by, ping here.

PS - I still hate this picture of me.

Comments

[heterodine.livejournal.com]

wow i hadn't thought of the books in a long time. I remember a mother and her two daughters and how they got stars from the sky (which i think then became food) but i don't remember Maia. I SO need to reread that book, and in English this time....