A Little Theological Game of “What If?”
I was talking with my sweet little missus last night, inundating her with all kinds of conjecture, ideas, and much conversation. I fear the poor little woman couldn’t get a word in edgewise (note to self: refuse all future “energy drinks”). Somewhere in the middle of the rabbit-trail like conversation I hit upon a series of “What if” questions that sparked my writer’s imagination.
What if there was a genie who granted his master some wishes, in return for praise and public acknowledgment? What if there was a succubus who visited a young man in the night and granted his desires (though maybe not herself, but just arranged it). What if there were supernatural beings who desired worship and adoration and had it within their power to perform “miracles” (i.e. demons)?
What if the seminal genie was a demon? In exchange for some wishes he got praise and it has lasted the test of time, we still talk about genies. What if a great number of these type of mythical beings are based off of some pact made with the devil or a demon? Seems plausible enough to me for at least one or two stories.