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Can kitsune die/be killed?
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Use of the terms "Dīs" and "Orcus" in the Aeneid
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Are there Christian influences in the Dionysiaca?
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Was Agape a goddess?
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How long do demigods live for?
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Who held the celestial sphere before Atlas?
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Who was the first to depict long-tailed fauns?
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How big is a ziz?
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Where does the idea that dragons hoard gold come from?
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Hindu mythology. We already know that Kalki Avatar will appear in Kaliyuga. So was it already known in Tretayuga that Krishna will come in Dwaparyuga
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Are there any non-European versions of "Elves" in Indian/Persian/Arabic/Chinese/Meso-American folklore/fairy tales?
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Could Japanese Oni integrate into human civilization?
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What cultural significance and symbolism lie behind the ancestor figures in Osage Native American afterlife beliefs?
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How did the animosity between Loki and Heimdal start?
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Origin of Folk-Belief that the Faithful Dead become Angels
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Why is Lucifer three-faced?
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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?
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Who or what are the seven spirits of God in Revelation?
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What is "cemuc barley" referred to in a Sumerian proverb, and how is it related to necromancy?
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Why is Dante’s Odysseus different from Homer’s?
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Why is Dante’s Odysseus different from Homer’s?
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One day blinding stew - fact or fiction
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Was Rumplestiltskin intended as a Jewish caricature?
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Need help identifying a specific prophetic or cursed book of unknown origin
Awarded Dec 2, 2023 at 12:51
If there is a preponderance of seductive water nymphs in mythology, then why is that so?
Awarded Nov 15, 2023 at 23:04
Does anyone know of other publications by Hertha von Dechend, co-author of "Hamlet's Mill"?
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Was there a god called Tyrimnas or Tyrimnos worshipped at Thyatira?
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Are There Biblical References to Good Magic?
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Cows adapted to life on a steep hillside
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How to become immortal in Western world in compare to Chinese legends and western mythology? [duplicate]
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Why isn’t Lúgh Lámhfhada considered a sun-god?
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Zeus' Lightning Bolt
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Are vampires called anything else in European folklore?
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Cows adapted to life on a steep hillside
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Why did the creators of the myth "man was created from clay" choose clay?
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Is there any ancient source that says the Augean Stables hadn't been cleaned for 30 years?
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Why does Cronus have the power to cast hailstones, in the Dionysiaca of Nonnus?
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Why is Hera queen of the gods?
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Any ancient myths/folklore/tales/etc. about extraterrestrial voyages/beings/people or even about voyages towards earth?
Awarded Mar 28, 2023 at 7:40
Was Poseidon ever considered the chief deity instead of Zeus?
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What is a reptile with many heads meant to symbolize?
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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 are Stone Giants in Norse mythology?
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What does Gilgamesh's title "He Who Saw the Deep" mean?
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What's with this religion of Zeus being one and only omnipotent God?
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Was Achilles really motivated by eternal glory?
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What norse mythology books do you recommend for young children?
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Besides Apollo, no main Roman god shared the name of its Greek version -- why?
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Why is syncretism mostly described through an "interpretatio graeca", rather than any other polytheism?
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Looking for god/dess of animals
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Folkloric Origins of the Ghost Rider
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