Order of Myths

The Order of Myths, (OOMs) founded in 1867,[1] is the second oldest mystic society to celebrate Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama, after the Striker's Independent Society.

The Order of Myths chose, as its symbolic emblem, Folly chasing Death around a broken column of life.

During parades, a person dressed in a jester's suit, as Folly, chases a person dressed in a skeleton suit as Death, around a Greek column on the emblem float.

At the conclusion of the traditional OOM parade, Death is defeated, and Folly wins the day.

The oldest known mystic society in the history of Mobile was the Boeuf Gras Society, founded in 1711, but it ceased in 1861, during the American Civil War, as later Mobile was occupied by Union troops and all public activities were heavily restricted.