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Where did this story about stars being part of a board game come from?
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Were there cooks for the gods on Olympus in Greek(or Roman) Mythology
Awarded Oct 21 at 9:17
Was Aaru considered part of the Duat (underworld) in ancient Egypt?
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What is the difference between giants, Jotuns and trolls in Norse mythology?
Awarded Oct 10 at 22:31
What is the significance of Medusa having hands of bronze?
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What are the earliest and latest reference of black dog apparitions in folklore?
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Important 'watchers', 'watchdogs' or 'guardians of a process'
Awarded Sep 16 at 14:37
Way to measure the probability a story evolving in a given culture
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Why are goats associated with Satan?
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Do the myths of Malayalam Onam, Egyptian Osiris Myth and Vietnamese Tet show cultural contacts?
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Do the myths of Malayalam Onam, Egyptian Osiris Myth and Vietnamese Tet show cultural contacts?
Awarded Aug 21 at 14:43
What is the extent of control over a kitsune?
Awarded Aug 15 at 16:42
Who are the deities of natural order, justice or wisdom?
Awarded Aug 15 at 2:46
Can you help me identify this creature?
Awarded Jul 29 at 15:08
Are there any gods or similar beings other than Nemesis that laid eggs?
Awarded Jul 26 at 12:50
Is it possible to build a timeline for Greek mythology?
Awarded Jul 23 at 8:17
Examples of non-Homeric invisibility as clouds
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Tubal-cain (תּוּבַל קַיִן) and Vulcan
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Tubal-cain (תּוּבַל קַיִן) and Vulcan
Awarded Jul 17 at 22:19
Was Artemis a lesbian?
Awarded Jul 10 at 16:04
Hall of Two Truths: Ancient Egypt
Awarded Jul 8 at 4:41
Are the Anunnaki mentioned in the Bible?
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Are these images of identifiable pre-Columbian mythic entities?
Awarded Jun 26 at 15:05
Are there any mythological cures for vampirism?
Awarded Jun 24 at 10:46
Airs composed by priest in Hebrew perhaps?
Awarded Jun 8 at 13:40
What symbol is on the staff of The Sorceress by Georges Merle?
Awarded Jun 7 at 19:26
Could Ragnarok be considered to have occurred?
Awarded Jun 4 at 16:27
Original Myth and translation of Hades asking to kidnap Persephone
Awarded Jun 2 at 5:45
Why did Snorri Sturlson link the Norse Gods to the Trojans?
Awarded May 20 at 23:27
Was the story of Adam and Eve influenced by Sumerian Ninti and Enki?
Awarded May 10 at 1:51
Any stories in Bible/Christian mythology about person regaining Adam's primeval innocence?
Awarded Apr 23 at 22:08
What does internet-transmitted folklore reveal about how we generate and spread folkore?
Awarded Apr 21 at 14:02
Where can I find a detailed description of the Akuma?
Awarded Apr 19 at 16:03
Book recommendations for Sumerian ME decrees
Awarded Apr 19 at 13:32
Why did Vishnu rape Vrinda?
Awarded Apr 10 at 16:35
Claims that the Pleiades had some kind of leader
Awarded Apr 7 at 6:45
Dragons and serpents in Norse and Indo-European mythology
Awarded Mar 31 at 15:30
Why did Rumpelstiltskin want the baby?
Awarded Mar 31 at 6:00
Untangling Bahamut, Behemoth and Leviathan
Awarded Mar 29 at 5:55
After Triptolemus being added to Hades' jury, is Minos the most important judge?
Awarded Mar 15 at 23:20
“Let me blind to an eye”. What is the origin of the following story?
Awarded Mar 15 at 12:40
Anat and Ištar (west Semitic deity), did these deities derive from the same Semitic deity?
Awarded Mar 12 at 14:25
When a person brings much good to people, but they reject it?
Awarded Feb 29 at 12:45
Meaning and usage of Grimnir?
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Hades and Pluto (Apollodorus)
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What are the meanings for these symbols?
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What was Apollo's reason for siding with the Trojans?
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Translation and meaning of an Ọṣun chant
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Is there a relationship between the Dreamtime and dreaming?
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The Last Glacial Period in Myth
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The Last Glacial Period in Myth
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Was Plutus the son of Pluto and Proserpina?
Awarded Jan 5 at 5:40
How did the ranking system for the Sumerian pantheon work?
Awarded Dec 29 '19 at 16:40
Why did the ancients believe things that were demonstrably false
Awarded Dec 28 '19 at 20:50
Do European folklore creatures, like ogres, brownies, fairies,goblins etc. have characteristics attributed to anti-semitism?
Awarded Dec 18 '19 at 20:45
Issues with the temporality of Heracles
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