ATDDTA (10) Hoodoo Hoe-Down (209: 1-14)

[Keith]

Well, the Quail is en absentia at the moment, so let's go ahead and  
prime the pump on this section.

To ease into the darkness here, let's do a little sing-a-long for  
Reef courtesy of the Beef:

http://tinyurl.com/2orx2l

The post[modern]-godheads standing sentinel on the path to Jeshimon  
are most likely hoodoos:

http://tinyurl.com/2vx87s
http://tinyurl.com/2us3wd

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   [ASIDE:

   Despite the allusion, Utah's Capitol *Reef* National Park is not  
the best hoodoo site.

   "Why the name "Capitol Reef?"
   Early settlers noted that the white domes of Navajo Sandstone  
resemble the dome of the Capitol building in Washington, DC.
   Prospectors visiting the area (many with nautical backgrounds)  
referred to the Waterpocket Fold, a 100-mile long ridge in the
   earth’s crust, as a reef, since it was a formidable barrier to  
transportation. http://tinyurl.com/yt3kj4 ]

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"You think they're alive?"
"Been out there at night?" (209.12-13)

"American aboriginal peoples of the northwest picked up the word  
hoodoo from English-speaking fur trappers and, like them, used hoodoo  
to refer to any malignant creature or evil supernatural force. That's  
how it came to be applied to the curious columns of earth or rock.  
For they were thought to be evil in the mythologies of many first  
peoples. But, borrowing works in the other direction as well. For  
example, in Siksika (Blackfoot) mythology, the strange hoodooesque  
shapes were giants whom the Great Spirit had turned to stone because  
of their evil deeds. Deep in the night, the petrified giants could  
awaken and throw boulders down upon any humans passing nearby."  
http://tinyurl.com/2saqgq

Next we move into Jeshimon, with more ominous pillars - telegraph  
poles and "Towers of Silence."

I'll toss out more stuff as time permits. Others feel free to jump in.