Originally Posted By Mr X Come on, folks. Let's all show some love for old Sokk-mimi. Talk about falling on hard times, this former deity doesn't even merit a Google page these days! It's a fall from grace of epic proportions, I tell ya. So, come on. Let's all get behind good old Sokk-mimi. Tell some stories, sing some songs, scare some kids into behavin like they should! Go Sokk-mimi!
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight I'm sorry but I have to ask . What is Sokk-mimi? I'm not very cultured so I'm a bit lost on this one. Please explain this to me if you would be so kind. Thank You.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Sokk-mimi is a now ancient god that is no longer worshiped, and nor can be googled.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo But, greater than any of the other sons of Don would seem to have been Gwydion, who appears in British myth as ‘Culture-Hero,’ the teacher of arts and giver of gifts to his fellows. His name and attributes have caused more than one leading mythologist to conjecture whether he may not have been identical with a still greater figure, the eutonic Woden, or Odin. Professor Rhfs, especially, has drawn, in his Hibbert Lectures (1886) on Celtic Heathendom, a remarkable series of parallels between the two characters, as they are figured respectively in Celtic and Teutonic myth.’ Both were alike preeminent in war-craft and in the arts of storytelling, poetry, and magic, and both gained through painful experiences the lore which they placed at the service of mankind. This is represented on the Celtic side by the poetical inspiration which Gwydion acquired through his sufferings while in the power of the gods of Hades, and in Teutonic story by two draughts of wisdom, one which Woden obtained by guile from Gundfled,daughter of the giant Suptung, and another which he could only get by pledging one of his eyes to its owner Sokk-mimi, the Giant of the Abyss.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Thanks Dave but, umm...I'm still lost.I'm really trying to catch the meaning of the thread,but my brain isnt lettin me today. I'm honestly embarrassed to even be asking questions about what Sokk-mimi is and how we r supposed to respond. Im showing my bubbles when I ask.. is this a sarcastic thread? LOL like tellin stories about the Loc Ness monster or Big Foot? I'm really really sorry .I'm truely still lost.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo There have been a number of threads recently about religion. Then the question arose about whether there was one religion, and the fact there are so many dead religions (Islam is growing while Christianity is in decline). And then of the 500 dead gods, this was a look if we should resurrect sokk-mimi, celtic god of the abyss.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight ok OK, I'm gonna sit this one out it's too much for my bubble machine to handle. I'll just read others posts and sell popcorn, s'mores and hot chocolate.. well it's gettin closer to summer time so maybe I'll sell Lemonade/Ice tea, ice cream and chocolate chip cookies instead. Have at it peeps.
Originally Posted By Mr X It's just that Sokk is my favorite dead god, and I feel bad for the lack of google coverage! Great story, Dave! It's play pen though, you can just make one up next time. Like that time that Sokk-mimi had a battle with the evil wizard of hemlock sherlock, but then his sword broke and the two of em just started laughing about it, til Sokk fried him with his laser vision.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Thank you for trying to help me understand it all though Dave! HUGS to you!
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Ohhh Captain Underpants'ish..got it! Now that's more my speed ;-)
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Sokk-mimi has always been the Rodney Dangerfield of dieties. Never got much respect. He ruled the universe only for a few years during the Nixon administration. People were busy with other things at the time, so he's not very well remembered today. Worshippers of other ancient dieties would sacrifice virgins to appease their gods. Followers of Sokk-mimi tried bringing him in at the "ground floor" of several multi-level marketing schemes. Great artists created beautiful works of art honoring the achievements of other dieties. Poor Sokk-mimi. For a brief period of time in the early 1970s, he appeared in little comic strips packaged with hard-to-chew bubble gum. That was as good as it ever got for Sokk-mimi. Other ancient dieties controlled the sun, the star, the weather, the cosmos. Sokk-mimi ran a few Fotomat units in suburban shoppng centers in the Phoenix area. Later they mostly were converted into drive-thru coffee stands, but Sokk-mimi had long since sold them off. Today, Sokk-mimi lives over Florida, occasionally drifting up to Ohio to visit relatives. He spends a lot of time just thinking aboit what might have been. You can sometimes see him walking along the beach with a metal detector, scooping up loose change in the sand.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Sokk-mimi did do a quick guest spot on "Law & Order: SVU" a few seasons ago. Fans of the series might remember it. While his performance in this small but memorable role earned mostly positive reviews, it failed to generate much in the way of offers in Hollywood.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Does Sokk-mimi look like this? <a href="http://www.specialtouchcrafts.com/images/Sock%20Monkey%20-%20Plain%201.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.specialtouchcrafts....%201.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By friendofdd 2ooney, I knew Sokk-meme! Sokk-meme was a friend of mine! I was a follower of Sokk-meme! And you, sir, are no follower of Sokk-meme! Oh! Wait a sec! You meant Sokk-mimi. Not Sokk-meme. Uh, never mind. Be on you way folks. Nothing to see here.
Originally Posted By Mr X Kar2oonMan, you're gonna be in big, big trouble when we die and learn that old Sokk-mimi, no relation to Sokk-monkey, actually WAS the one, true god! However, you will still be allowed into the afterlife with full honors, given the fact that you are one of the few humans on earth to know his name. Go Sokk-mimi!
