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For questions about identifying a particular myth based on certain known facts or a basic description of its context, characters and events.
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What is this myth about Helios?
You are confusing Helios, the original Titan Greek sun god, with Phaethon, the son of Apollo (or maybe Helios) who insisted on driving the sun's chariot and couldn't control the horses so the earth bu …
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What is the source of the fable of Thor’s attempt to drink up a small spring?
I love this story! According to good ol' Wiki, which is sourced, this story comes from an Icelandic rímur cycle. It is also cited in the Gylfaginning.
Your story and the rest of it are from the third …
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Looking for source: Woman refuses to drink from the River Lethe
I saw a "story from Greek mythology" referenced in my morning paper, and I'd never heard it before.
A woman came to the River Styx and asked to be taken across into that dark land. [The ferryman] Cha …
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Is there a myth of someone living in the sun?
So far as I know the Greco-Roman myths about the sun consistently refer to it as an object, usually the wheel of a chariot which is handled by Apollo or Helios. The Greeks didn't personify or anthropo …
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Did Zeus give Pandora the box?
Whatever version of the myth you've heard is missing critical parts.
Prometheus (meaning "fore-thought"), a Titan, was given the job of creating humanity. But humans were left in the dark and cold an …