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What Phoenician story could be the inspiration of the cosmic story of five Titanes?
Awarded Jul 9, 2023 at 3:15
What kind of offerings did worshipers make to Thor?
Awarded Dec 18, 2022 at 9:42
What was the purpose of the Labyrinth built by Daedalus?
Awarded Mar 3, 2022 at 0:37
Why is rape featured so prominently in Greek mythology?
Awarded Jan 12, 2022 at 1:01
Did Zeus have any male lovers?
Awarded Jan 1, 2021 at 18:55
What is the source work for Cadmus visiting Delphi?
Awarded Dec 12, 2019 at 22:55
Was Hermes originally mortal?
Awarded Dec 12, 2019 at 22:55
Did the word "fairies" originate after the creation of stories about fairies?
Awarded Dec 12, 2019 at 22:55
Why, according to Joseph Campbell, is the monomyth so common?
Awarded Dec 12, 2019 at 22:55
Why are the Wondjina mouthless?
Awarded Dec 12, 2019 at 22:55
Who worshipped the Titans?
Awarded Nov 21, 2019 at 23:20
How many Great Gods did the Sumerians have?
Awarded Aug 19, 2019 at 18:35
What is the meaning of the star symbols appearing on seal VA 243?
Awarded Jun 9, 2019 at 5:15
What is the earliest ghost story we know of?
Awarded May 20, 2019 at 4:15
Why did Rumpelstiltskin want the baby?
Awarded May 15, 2019 at 5:10
How often were Odin and Loki allied?
Awarded Mar 19, 2019 at 13:05
Are Excalibur and Caliburn different swords?
Awarded Apr 4, 2018 at 0:58
Why would Hades visit a battlefield?
Awarded Feb 9, 2018 at 5:26
What is the relationship between werewolves and vampires in Balkan folklore?
Awarded Oct 25, 2017 at 11:44
Where does the story of selling one's soul to the devil first occur in Christian myth?
Awarded Oct 21, 2017 at 17:54
What did Cuchulainn's warp spasm look like?
Awarded Aug 27, 2017 at 23:57
In the Odyssey, why didn't Penelope simply turn away her suitors?
Awarded Aug 27, 2017 at 21:02
Why was Odin afraid that his ravens would not return back to him?
Awarded Jul 20, 2017 at 19:04
Do Arthurian scholars or other original Arthurian legends agree with Geoffrey of Monmouth's depiction of King Arthur's death?
Awarded May 27, 2017 at 15:02
What are the main differences of the Orphic theogonies?
Awarded Jan 31, 2017 at 2:57
Did Loki spend 8 years underground as a maid, milking cows and bearing children?
Awarded Jan 30, 2017 at 20:41
Why would slaves be sacrificed after their master's death?
Awarded Nov 8, 2016 at 20:52
Why is the ferry toll for Charon placed in the dead person's mouth?
Awarded Oct 14, 2016 at 9:18
What is the difference between a God and a Titan?
Awarded Sep 25, 2016 at 11:11
What is the meaning of the half burning tree in the Mabinogion?
Awarded Sep 14, 2016 at 2:12
Who is the oldest being in Greek mythology?
Awarded Jun 23, 2016 at 23:46
Were any Buddhist narratives ever folded into the myths of the Greeks, or vice versa?
Awarded Jun 19, 2016 at 3:46
What is the story behind Thor wearing a wedding dress to get Mjölnir back?
Awarded Apr 20, 2016 at 21:54
What did Cuchulainn's warp spasm look like?
Awarded Apr 13, 2016 at 16:22
What was Plato's inspiration for the Atlantis myth?
Awarded Apr 11, 2016 at 2:28
What is the meaning of not giving clothes to supernatural helpers?
Awarded Apr 10, 2016 at 1:27
Is there an Indian Wild Hunt myth?
Awarded Apr 2, 2016 at 16:34
Are there any myths we can plausibly trace back to a common Proto-Indo-European ancestor?
Awarded Mar 31, 2016 at 7:57
How and why was Talos killed?
Awarded Mar 30, 2016 at 18:17
What is the earliest known dragon myth?
Awarded Mar 27, 2016 at 5:39
Were each of the myths in the Epic Cycle of Greek mythology intended to be related to one another?
Awarded Mar 15, 2016 at 12:39
How are the two humans selected to repopulate the world after Ragnarök?
Awarded Mar 2, 2016 at 6:38
What is the relationship between werewolves and vampires in Balkan folklore?
Awarded Feb 18, 2016 at 3:12
Is there a canonical ending to the story of Antigone?
Awarded Feb 14, 2016 at 9:10
What is the origin of the Japanese Kodama?
Awarded Feb 11, 2016 at 5:40
How did Sindri and Brokkr win the bet with Loki, when Mjölnir is clearly faulty?
Awarded Feb 3, 2016 at 5:20
Why does Ishtar go to the underworld?
Awarded Jan 28, 2016 at 20:33
How were djinn traditionally depicted in pre-Islamic Arabic myth?
Awarded Jan 26, 2016 at 17:02
Do Egyptian myths provide explanations for the shape of the pyramid?
Awarded Jan 25, 2016 at 0:03
Are Noah and Ziusudra the same person?
Awarded Jan 24, 2016 at 23:07
How was it decided which warriors would go to Fólkvangr and which to Valhalla?
Awarded Jan 10, 2016 at 22:13
How did the Norse ship burial ritual originate from?
Awarded Jan 10, 2016 at 2:18
How did Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades decide who would rule what?
Awarded Dec 28, 2015 at 21:13
Does Odin choose who enters Valhalla?
Awarded Dec 28, 2015 at 17:01
Why does looking at Medusa with a mirror work?
Awarded Dec 27, 2015 at 18:52
Why do sacrificial victims break flutes on the steps of a temple before their death?
Awarded Dec 5, 2015 at 21:49
Why are the Wondjina mouthless?
Awarded Jul 2, 2015 at 18:57
Why did Zeus assume so many different forms for seduction?
Awarded Jun 23, 2015 at 1:28
Why, according to Joseph Campbell, is the monomyth so common?
Awarded Jun 19, 2015 at 21:35