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Can someone explain this Dutch 5 headed monster engraving?
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Why do we carve pumpkins on Halloween?
Awarded Oct 24 at 6:17
What regions of Japan call this creature “okuri-inu” vs “okuri-ōkami”?
Awarded Oct 6 at 0:42
What story/lesson about karma taught by Krishna (?), maybe from Bhagavad Gita is this in my memory?
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Is there a detailed analysis comparing Jonah's story in the Bible with the Sun and the seasons?
Awarded Aug 16 at 12:56
Was Agape a goddess?
Awarded Aug 12 at 7:56
Source for milfoil rising from the filings of Achilles’ spear
Awarded Jul 22 at 18:21
Help! Looking for a list of bird-human hybrids in mythology
Awarded Jul 6 at 22:30
Identify Tale: King kills Wife Out of Distrust Goes Blind then Regains Sight
Awarded Jun 26 at 20:31
What cultural significance and symbolism lie behind the ancestor figures in Osage Native American afterlife beliefs?
Awarded May 27 at 9:21
Miniature with man falling into a chasm and a camel—what is the myth being depicted here?
Awarded May 10 at 13:28
How did the Trojans get Aphrodite's Veil in the first place?
Awarded May 8 at 0:27
Origin of Folk-Belief that the Faithful Dead become Angels
Awarded Apr 15 at 17:36
Are there official terms in any cultures for vampire hideouts?
Awarded Apr 5 at 6:32
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 21 at 12:48
What is "cemuc barley" referred to in a Sumerian proverb, and how is it related to necromancy?
Awarded Feb 23 at 19:50
One day blinding stew - fact or fiction
Awarded Feb 19 at 6:31
Are there group names for gods in Egyptian mythology, similar to the Norse and Greek mythologies primordials, titans, Æsir, Vanir?
Awarded Jan 11 at 11:15
how/when Jotunheim was created precisely?
Awarded Dec 20, 2023 at 16:45
Is there any connection between Odin and the Irish Goddess Morrigan?
Awarded Dec 15, 2023 at 18:26
Was there a Mythological Being Who had His Eyes Removed and Separated?
Awarded Dec 15, 2023 at 16:48
What is the meaning of the inscriptions on Baphomet arms?
Awarded Dec 15, 2023 at 6:57
Where did the ancient (the ones who fought the Trojans) Greeks believe the world to be?
Awarded Dec 13, 2023 at 7:03
Need help identifying a specific prophetic or cursed book of unknown origin
Awarded Dec 2, 2023 at 19:47
Washoe people: Legends and myths of the underground
Awarded Nov 20, 2023 at 6:15
On the mechanics of updating mythology?
Awarded Oct 30, 2023 at 13:46
Was there a god called Tyrimnas or Tyrimnos worshipped at Thyatira?
Awarded Oct 26, 2023 at 17:48
Vishwamitra common link Ramayan and Mahabharata
Awarded Oct 21, 2023 at 22:28
What does "ox-eyed" mean in the Iliad?
Awarded Sep 11, 2023 at 17:07
Greek gods of day/night, daybreak/nightfall, and Hesperides
Awarded Aug 31, 2023 at 14:15
Do we know of any pagan creation myths that also feature a creation week?
Awarded Aug 15, 2023 at 11:57
Would Izanami be considered a death or underworld goddess?
Awarded Aug 1, 2023 at 9:36
Oldest provable myth or legend
Awarded Jul 21, 2023 at 16:38
Aesir ancestors
Awarded Jun 9, 2023 at 23:55
Should "obake" be understood to refer to shapeshifters, or rather to things that have been transformed?
Awarded Apr 9, 2023 at 0:50
Town tricks a besieging army into leaving
Awarded Mar 24, 2023 at 0:10
Tamil mythology: Where can I find Nakkirar's description of the Sangams? (English translation if possible.)
Awarded Mar 6, 2023 at 20:56
What is a reptile with many heads meant to symbolize?
Awarded Mar 2, 2023 at 17:16
Date (time of year) of the Iliad?
Awarded Feb 12, 2023 at 20:27
Which culture believed in a bird whose flight sustains the universe?
Awarded Jan 26, 2023 at 0:03
Are Mesoamerican feathered serpents considered to be dragons?
Awarded Dec 28, 2022 at 15:16
Is Medea secretly the old woman and the Talking Oaken Image in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Tanglewood Tales: The Golden Fleece"?
Awarded Dec 11, 2022 at 4:18
What species were new centaurs born from?
Awarded Dec 11, 2022 at 1:07
Myth where one twin pulls the other out at birth
Awarded Nov 13, 2022 at 0:16
What's with this religion of Zeus being one and only omnipotent God?
Awarded Nov 9, 2022 at 15:26
Does Czernobog have anything to do with the number 7?
Awarded Oct 18, 2022 at 22:27
Besides Apollo, no main Roman god shared the name of its Greek version -- why?
Awarded Oct 18, 2022 at 3:32
Why does the witch invoke "Zachiel" in "Jorinde and Joringel"?
Awarded Sep 28, 2022 at 14:32
Aegeus, king of Naxos?
Awarded Sep 10, 2022 at 12:48
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Were bad human traits contained in Pandora's Box?
Awarded Aug 2, 2022 at 7:57
Folkloric Origins of the Ghost Rider
Awarded Jul 25, 2022 at 18:51
Is there a name for the generational overthrow of gods/titans/giants?
Awarded Jul 17, 2022 at 17:42
Specificness of gods
Awarded Jul 5, 2022 at 15:11
What is the "Lert" creature mentioned in Mistral's Poem of the Rhône?
Awarded Jul 4, 2022 at 15:27
Myths on God committing suicide
Awarded Jun 27, 2022 at 6:03
What God or Gods matches up the most with being the "God of Fortresses" mentioned in the Bible in Daniel 11:38?
Awarded Jun 18, 2022 at 21:57
How many Ancient Greek gods are there?
Awarded Jun 2, 2022 at 5:41
Is there any creature or being with the role of keeping good and evil balanced?
Awarded May 25, 2022 at 8:10
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