Is there anywhere in myth or legend a story of a mask which when put on can't be removed?

[sandyRoe]

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[dickythecook]

The mask of Loki in the stories of the Teutonic Pantheon is mentioned and brought to the fore by the films Mask and Mask2

[sandyRoe]

Thank you. The depth of ABers knowledge never ceases to amaze me.

[dickythecook]

Sorry, Son of Mask I meant

[dickythecook]

sandyRoe, just having more thoughts, the mask has been used for years as a disguise, even when people knew who was behind the mask, they remained 'unknown' to help the wheels of society turn smoothly

[seadogg]

Dicky, if Loki or Loge was the god of fire why did he need to sport a mask?

[sith123]

this is not exactly that it cannot be removed but the story of the iron mask in france is an interesting one. They made a film with leonardo dicaprio (forgot what it was called) about a prisoner who always had to wear a mask. no one knew who he was or why he was imprisoned. Some rumours say he was the kings brother and had a mask so he could not seize the throne, others say that it was something else. who knows...

[albaqwerty]

Sith, the story is he was the younger identical twin brother of the King and the King was jealous so imprisoned him at some point.
A film (the 3 Musketeers) revolved around that story line.

[sith123]

so i did get it almost right.

[mike b]

Look up Japanese film 'Onibaba', based on old Buddhist legend.