
mythology
There's a God Living in Your Kitchen, and Once a Year He Files a Report About You
While deep-cleaning my kitchen, my mom asked if I cleaned the Kitchen God's spot. I suddenly remembered my grandmother offering sticky sugar candies to the Kitchen God every New Year. A god who lives in your kitchen, watching everything you do for 365 days — what ancient people feared wasn't the god. It was themselves.
7/10/20268 min