Which Mobile mystic society is the city's oldest continuously parading society?

Mobile’s oldest continuously parading mystic society is the Order of Myths.

Founded in 1867, the Order of Myths emerged after the Civil War, when Mobile’s Carnival traditions were being revived. Although Mobile has older Mardi Gras organizations and earlier parading groups, many ceased operating or changed over time. The Order of Myths is distinguished by its uninterrupted parading tradition.

Its emblem shows Folly chasing Death around a broken column, often interpreted as a symbolic struggle between disorder and mortality or between life and death. The society traditionally presents Mobile’s final Mardi Gras parade on Fat Tuesday night, giving it a prominent place in the city’s Carnival calendar.

The wording matters: the Order of Myths is not Mobile’s oldest mystic society overall. Earlier groups, including the Cowbellion de Rakin Society, have older origins, but they did not maintain continuous parading. The Knights of Revelry, Comic Cowboys, and Infant Mystics are notable Mobile societies, not the answer to this specific distinction.