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Origin of Folk-Belief that the Faithful Dead become Angels
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Where did OSP Red's idea of the leader of the Wild Hunt being a "dead nobleman named Hackleburg or Hacklebaran" come from?
Awarded Mar 23 at 9:40
What does "ox-eyed" mean in the Iliad?
Awarded Feb 28 at 18:30
What is "cemuc barley" referred to in a Sumerian proverb, and how is it related to necromancy?
Awarded Feb 26 at 5:36
What is the great gulf mentioned by Hesiod?
Awarded Sep 12, 2023 at 16:12
Oldest provable myth or legend
Awarded Aug 24, 2023 at 22:11
What is the greek/roman myth with woman proud of her three sons but they die
Awarded Jul 28, 2023 at 15:16
Did the ancient Greeks establish a time when Prometheus gave fire to humans?
Awarded Jul 24, 2023 at 3:22
What is the specific term for those creatures that exist because people believe in them?
Awarded Jul 7, 2023 at 3:57
Why isn’t Lúgh Lámhfhada considered a sun-god?
Awarded Jun 27, 2023 at 0:03
Was there a Roman festival where people dressed in skins?
Awarded May 4, 2023 at 15:55
What's with this religion of Zeus being one and only omnipotent God?
Awarded Nov 12, 2022 at 7:35
What norse mythology books do you recommend for young children?
Awarded Oct 26, 2022 at 2:11
Were bad human traits contained in Pandora's Box?
Awarded Aug 8, 2022 at 22:17
Folkloric Origins of the Ghost Rider
Awarded Aug 8, 2022 at 15:01
Examples of non-Homeric invisibility as clouds
Awarded Aug 1, 2022 at 15:06
Where did the origin of dragons come from? [duplicate]
Awarded Jun 7, 2022 at 16:07
Did the vikings/medieval Scandinavians actually worship Odin, Thor, etc?
Awarded Apr 23, 2022 at 23:27
What was the consensus on what the world was like around the time of the Titanomachy?
Awarded Apr 21, 2022 at 11:50
Is there a myth about the World Egg in Talmud?
Awarded Apr 8, 2022 at 15:55
Name of the tale in which a traveler inherits a boatman's curse after accepting to relay him
Awarded Mar 27, 2022 at 0:56
Name of Greek mythology about someone killing their parents
Awarded Mar 9, 2022 at 8:27
In Greek mythology, who are the Younger Charites?
Awarded Mar 4, 2022 at 7:32
Are vampires vulnerable to crucifixes because of the crucifixion of Jesus?
Awarded Jan 29, 2022 at 21:36
Native American (possibly) apocalyptic prophecy about inanimate objects coming to life
Awarded Jan 21, 2022 at 10:21
How does Glaucus know Patroclus killed Sarpedon?
Awarded Dec 12, 2021 at 12:22
The structure of the Fae courts
Awarded Dec 9, 2021 at 22:46
Are Harbard and Saga actually Odin and Frigg?
Awarded Dec 9, 2021 at 18:06
Can gods swear on the Styx
Awarded Nov 26, 2021 at 13:06
Source for claim that white animals were sacrificed to Olympian gods?
Awarded Nov 25, 2021 at 14:40
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Awarded Nov 20, 2021 at 14:27
What ancient source says Aegisthus killed Atreus at 7 years old?
Awarded Nov 6, 2021 at 22:41
Are there any reconstructions of possible early religions like Proto-Indo-European mythology for other cultures?
Awarded Oct 12, 2021 at 7:27
Was Ulysses ever in a quest to save someone from hell?
Awarded Aug 13, 2021 at 18:05
Why was the goat Amalthea such a dreaded animal?
Awarded Jul 16, 2021 at 9:12
Are there any references in mythology/folklore to a concept similar to teleportation?
Awarded Jul 7, 2021 at 22:27
Is this a real myth? Pembroke Welsh Corgis as mounts for fairies
Awarded Jun 23, 2021 at 12:55
What country is related to a phenomenon which is related to Cronus? [closed]
Awarded May 31, 2021 at 1:05
What high school subject would mythology & creation myth be covered in?
Awarded May 16, 2021 at 15:47
Word to mean unwise/foolish coming from the idea of being untravelled?
Awarded May 13, 2021 at 7:57
Are there recommended collection/translations of Irish mythology/folklore?
Awarded Mar 27, 2021 at 20:26
Hang up cadavers
Awarded Mar 9, 2021 at 16:13
Has there been a reconstruction of the Aethiopis, Little Iliad, Iliou persis or Nostoi?
Awarded Mar 7, 2021 at 13:11
Library re-ordered instead of being destroyed?
Awarded Mar 2, 2021 at 19:07
Is Typhon a Gigante or god?
Awarded Feb 25, 2021 at 22:05
Is this stylized version of the world turtle part of any known lore?
Awarded Feb 22, 2021 at 9:46
Is there any truth to the claim that the original home of the Amazons was Sinope, not Themiscyra?
Awarded Feb 21, 2021 at 9:04
Literature for mesopotamian seven-tiered cosmos?
Awarded Feb 10, 2021 at 14:17
How do we distinguish a dragon, a wyrm and a wyvern in terms of the number of legs?
Awarded Feb 5, 2021 at 10:16
Does the cap of Hades keep one's accessories hidden?
Awarded Jan 15, 2021 at 4:09
Why was the Greek deity of warfare and wisdom (Athena) female, and how did the Greeks rationalize this?
Awarded Jan 12, 2021 at 22:51
What does internet-transmitted folklore reveal about how we generate and spread folkore?
Awarded Jan 8, 2021 at 18:03
Are there any translations of the 14 books of Enki?
Awarded Jan 3, 2021 at 0:19
What places were actually in the underworld?
Awarded Nov 27, 2020 at 7:11
How old was Nestor?
Awarded Nov 19, 2020 at 10:06
Why was Poseidon an Olympian but not Hades?
Awarded Oct 31, 2020 at 8:17
What is the good and the evil in the Pandora's Box story?
Awarded Oct 19, 2020 at 23:26
Were there any gods Floridian Tribes recognized?
Awarded Oct 15, 2020 at 13:11
Significance of Enoch's age in the Hebrew Bible and identification with seventh antediluvian king/sage from Mesopotamian mythology
Awarded Oct 13, 2020 at 2:18
Are there any gods or similar beings other than Nemesis that laid eggs?
Awarded Sep 6, 2020 at 18:56
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