Mythology & Folklore

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Need help identifying a specific prophetic or cursed book of unknown origin
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Washoe people: Legends and myths of the underground
Awarded Nov 20 at 6:15
On the mechanics of updating mythology?
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Was there a god called Tyrimnas or Tyrimnos worshipped at Thyatira?
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Vishwamitra common link Ramayan and Mahabharata
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What does "ox-eyed" mean in the Iliad?
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Greek gods of day/night, daybreak/nightfall, and Hesperides
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Do we know of any pagan creation myths that also feature a creation week?
Awarded Aug 15 at 11:57
Would Izanami be considered a death or underworld goddess?
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Oldest provable myth or legend
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Aesir ancestors
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Should "obake" be understood to refer to shapeshifters, or rather to things that have been transformed?
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Why does Cronus have the power to cast hailstones, in the Dionysiaca of Nonnus?
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Town tricks a besieging army into leaving
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Tamil mythology: Where can I find Nakkirar's description of the Sangams? (English translation if possible.)
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What is a reptile with many heads meant to symbolize?
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Date (time of year) of the Iliad?
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Which culture believed in a bird whose flight sustains the universe?
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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"?
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What species were new centaurs born from?
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Myth where one twin pulls the other out at birth
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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
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What is the "Lert" creature mentioned in Mistral's Poem of the Rhône?
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Myths on God committing suicide
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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
Where did the origin of dragons come from? [duplicate]
Awarded May 18, 2022 at 9:47
Origins of the Chinese Red Egg Tradition
Awarded May 14, 2022 at 2:05
What portals are there in mythologies?
Awarded May 13, 2022 at 19:02
Is there any folklore reference to fairies being divided into Summer and Winter Courts?
Awarded May 8, 2022 at 10:16
What is the story behind / are the circumstances surrounding the conception of Bastet by Ra and Isis?
Awarded May 6, 2022 at 14:57
Why was Perse a Nymph and not a Titan like both of her parents?
Awarded May 2, 2022 at 10:47
Why isn’t Lúgh Lámhfhada considered a sun-god?
Awarded Apr 15, 2022 at 6:55
Is there a myth about the World Egg in Talmud?
Awarded Apr 8, 2022 at 11:15
Name of the tale in which a traveler inherits a boatman's curse after accepting to relay him
Awarded Mar 26, 2022 at 18:32
Why is there pain and suffering according to Norse mythology?
Awarded Mar 16, 2022 at 13:07
What was Hermes' reason for siding with the Greeks in the Trojan War?
Awarded Feb 28, 2022 at 16:33
Are (or have been) goblins ever associated with anti-semitic characteristics? [duplicate]
Awarded Feb 14, 2022 at 21:10
Is there any "official" same-sex marriage in the Greek mythology?
Awarded Feb 12, 2022 at 15:12
How many different werewolf variants are there?
Awarded Feb 6, 2022 at 14:10
Are vampires vulnerable to crucifixes because of the crucifixion of Jesus?
Awarded Jan 26, 2022 at 16:33
Are the Yoruba and Japanese pantheons the only ones to have an infinite increasing number of gods?
Awarded Jan 24, 2022 at 9:42
Are/were there are any culutures where darkness is good and light is bad?
Awarded Jan 7, 2022 at 18:05
Was Ulysses ever in a quest to save someone from hell?
Awarded Jan 6, 2022 at 20:40
Where do Bigfoots live?
Awarded Jan 6, 2022 at 18:42
Is there any case in Greek mythology where humans swear on the river Styx?
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Who were all the godly children of Zeus and how many were there?
Awarded Dec 17, 2021 at 21:11
How does Glaucus know Patroclus killed Sarpedon?
Awarded Dec 12, 2021 at 1:33
Are Harbard and Saga actually Odin and Frigg?
Awarded Dec 9, 2021 at 14:34
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