Mythology & Folklore

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Are there any ancient myths about adventuring parties?
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Why did many ancient civilizations believe that giants created the world?
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Could you look at Medusa's head through a distorted surface?
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How do we distinguish a dragon, a wyrm and a wyvern in terms of the number of legs?
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Who was the first Satan like deity/creature/person in mythology?
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What were the magical powers of Freya's necklace Brísingamen?
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Who is the woman "clothed with the sun" in Revelation?
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What is the origin of the worship or deification of cows in India?
Awarded Oct 19 at 16:32
Did Greeks bow to their gods?
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Was Achilles really motivated by eternal glory?
Awarded Oct 12 at 0:57
Is there a common theme of dragon meat being toxic?
Awarded Oct 7 at 19:11
How did the Old Norse conceptualize the parts of the self? Are these translations accurate?
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Are people who drown/die in the Nile deified (or divinized in some way)?
Awarded Aug 31 at 6:27
Who kept the Cumaean Sybil in a jar (ampulla)?
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Is there a myth that dolphins were humans who chose to return to the sea?
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Does Hades's Helm of Darkness appear anywhere else in Mythology?
Awarded Jul 26 at 20:40
How many different werewolf variants are there?
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Was there meant to be a connection or comparison between Poseidon's trident and Hades's bident?
Awarded Jul 20 at 14:58
What is the extent of control over a kitsune?
Awarded Jul 10 at 23:26
What God or Gods matches up the most with being the "God of Fortresses" mentioned in the Bible in Daniel 11:38?
Awarded Jun 29 at 10:08
What is the earliest story of a mortal killing a god?
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Putting aside their ability to shapeshift, were the Greek gods especially large compared to humans?
Awarded Jun 21 at 21:07
If the ox tiger is an unlucky direction, why build an entrance to it?
Awarded Jun 14 at 18:48
Why would Aphrodite be armed?
Awarded Jun 7 at 18:07
Is Chiron older or younger than the Olympians?
Awarded Jun 1 at 3:33
Why did Hades let Heracles rescue Theseus?
Awarded May 31 at 20:18
Why would Hades visit a battlefield?
Awarded May 26 at 2:09
Was there a cult of Hercules in Germania?
Awarded May 20 at 15:50
What is the origin of a tale of hummingbird extinguishing a fire in Mesoamerica or South-America?
Awarded Apr 30 at 15:17
What does Tiresias's answer to the gods mean?
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Did free will actually exist in Greek mythology
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What does these runes say?
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Where did lizardmen come from?
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Myths with people whose eyes can turn yellow?
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According to Biblical account, why fallen angels' offspring are giants? Or are they egg-born?
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What does Nausicaa symbolize in the Odyssey?
Awarded Mar 14 at 10:04
Do European folklore creatures, like ogres, brownies, fairies,goblins etc. have characteristics attributed to anti-semitism?
Awarded Feb 21 at 22:48
What do we know about the ram-headed deities helping Shu support Nut in the Greenfield Papyrus?
Awarded Jan 29 at 10:46
In what Native American myth does the Sun stand still?
Awarded Jan 26 at 3:47
Why did Freyja have first pick?
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Which (real) birds are most strongly associated with fire?
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What are Hera's favorite cities?
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Tubal-cain (תּוּבַל קַיִן) and Vulcan
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How did Aphrodite even help the Trojans during the Trojan war?
Awarded Jan 7 at 14:20
Which of these heroes lived first: Achilles, Hercules or Theseus?
Awarded Dec 29, 2022 at 3:35
Why was Hephaestus's mule ithyphallic?
Awarded Dec 26, 2022 at 19:26
Is there a Japanese equivalent to the three fates?
Awarded Dec 17, 2022 at 21:07
Why did Odin forsake Sigmund?
Awarded Dec 14, 2022 at 2:06
Are there any mythological cures for vampirism?
Awarded Dec 12, 2022 at 19:32
Was Hermes originally mortal?
Awarded Dec 3, 2022 at 21:17
What is the connection between Asherah and the custom of Christmas Trees?
Awarded Dec 1, 2022 at 19:18
What does Aphrodite’s magical girdle look like?
Awarded Nov 27, 2022 at 13:48
Untangling Bahamut, Behemoth and Leviathan
Awarded Nov 25, 2022 at 10:43
Was there a hell or place of suffering after death in Norse mythology?
Awarded Nov 16, 2022 at 9:49
Hall of Two Truths: Ancient Egypt
Awarded Nov 3, 2022 at 17:37
What type of god is Semargl?
Awarded Nov 1, 2022 at 12:05
If any Ancient Egyptian Texts exist as Hieroglyphics in Online Documents
Awarded Oct 26, 2022 at 18:46
Whence comes the association of Leprechauns with rainbows?
Awarded Oct 16, 2022 at 15:47
What is the significance of the three stars in Ruben's Saturn painting?
Awarded Oct 14, 2022 at 3:32
Why doesn't Hera divorce Zeus and marry someone more faithful?
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