Talk:Sticks (short story)

Dubious: inspiration for Devil's Nests in True Detective
I've been researching the origin of the Devil's Nest (aka Cajun bird trap), a fetish object used in True Detective season 1. TL;DR: I can't find any mention of Wagner or "Sticks" in connection with True Detective. The lashed-together framework of sticks jutted from a small cairn alongside the stream. Colin Leverett studied it in perplexity—half a dozen odd lengths of branch, wired together at cross angles for no fathomable purpose. It reminded him unpleasantly of some bizarre crucifix... (ref)
 * From the story:
 * This Vulture article talks in detail about the design and "ritual art" by Joshua Walsh, but no mention of "Sticks".
 * This Den of Geek article even spoke to a "witch" about the possible connection with Santeria/Hoodoo.
 * This Blogspot review has two illustrations from a 1932 book by Lee Brown Coye, who apparently was seeing stick latticework in New York state (ref) but that seems dubious, too.

...if I can find anything else, I'll update the topic. StevePrutz (talk) 13:45, 29 February 2024 (UTC)