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I think they make their entry through aggregation into a composite myth such as Bloody Mary which is doing the rounds of my children's primary school at the moment.

As an aside I recently purchased a second hand DK Collins kids encyclopedia of the paranormal for my two (10 and 8). Amidst alien abductions, sasquatch and the usual suspects, they immediately found the Bloody Mary myth and the invocation of her, an alleged infant killer, by repeating her name three times in the mirror. Both frightened themselves quite badly despite growing up in a household where from a young age they were making "reality distinctions" between Santa, tooth faeries, vampires and aliens based on available evidence - due to my and my partner's interest in this area.

They challenged me to invoke her after I explained the likely mythical nature of the story - hence nothing to fear. I refused to do so on the basis that I invite nothing unwanted into my life, irrespective of where it falls on the reality spectrum. Needless to say they found my position unhelpful in allaying their fears.

Would you invoke her?

<blockquote data-quote="LatentCauses" data-source="post: 226477" data-attributes="member: 7633">I think they make their entry through aggregation into a composite myth such as Bloody Mary which is doing the rounds of my children&#039;s primary school at the moment.As an aside I recently purchased a second hand DK Collins kids encyclopedia of the paranormal for my two (10 and 8).&nbsp; Amidst alien abductions, sasquatch and the usual suspects, they immediately found the Bloody Mary myth and the invocation of her, an alleged infant killer, by repeating her name three times in the mirror.&nbsp; Both frightened themselves quite badly&nbsp; despite growing up in a household where from a young age they were making &quot;reality distinctions&quot;&nbsp; between Santa, tooth faeries, vampires and aliens based on available evidence - due to my and my partner&#039;s interest in this area.They challenged me to invoke her after I explained the likely mythical nature of the story - hence nothing to fear.&nbsp; I refused to do so on the basis that I invite nothing unwanted into my life, irrespective of where it falls on the reality spectrum.&nbsp; Needless to say they found my position unhelpful in allaying their fears.Would you invoke her?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LatentCauses, post: 226477, member: 7633"] I think they make their entry through aggregation into a composite myth such as Bloody Mary which is doing the rounds of my children's primary school at the moment. As an aside I recently purchased a second hand DK Collins kids encyclopedia of the paranormal for my two (10 and 8). Amidst alien abductions, sasquatch and the usual suspects, they immediately found the Bloody Mary myth and the invocation of her, an alleged infant killer, by repeating her name three times in the mirror. Both frightened themselves quite badly despite growing up in a household where from a young age they were making "reality distinctions" between Santa, tooth faeries, vampires and aliens based on available evidence - due to my and my partner's interest in this area. They challenged me to invoke her after I explained the likely mythical nature of the story - hence nothing to fear. I refused to do so on the basis that I invite nothing unwanted into my life, irrespective of where it falls on the reality spectrum. Needless to say they found my position unhelpful in allaying their fears. Would you invoke her? [/QUOTE]

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