External links In Search of Billiken's Roots Well-researched article tracing the history of the Billiken's first mention in 1896 in Canadian poet Bliss Carman's book More Songs from Vagabondia. This was the inspiration of stories by Sara Hamilton Birchall and illustrator Florence Pretz. What's a Billiken? Saint Louis Billikens: Official Site Origin of the Billiken Excerpt of article from Universitas (a Saint Louis University publication) Billiken Centennial 1908–2008 Flickr group featuring photographs, ephemera and souvenir images of Billikens from all over the world What's a Junior Billiken? Saint Louis University High School's origin of their mascot Billikens.com Fan Site of the Saint Louis University Billikens Saint Louis University The Billiken Man recorded 1909 by Blanche Ring; available for free download from InternetArchive,Archive.org Biriken (1996) motion picture trailer About Florence Pretz Picture of Florence Pretz Dolls Saint Louis University Fortune gods New religious movement deities Missouri culture North American deities