Tags
A tag is a keyword or label that categorizes your question with other, similar questions. Using the right tags makes it easier for others to find and answer your question.
For questions about Greek mythology and legends from ancient Greece to the present day.
698 questions
For questions on the myths and religious beliefs of the Norse people, the pre-Christian inhabitants from modern Scandinavia.
212 questions
For questions about identifying a particular myth based on certain known facts or a basic description of its context, characters and events.
202 questions
For questions that compare mythology or folklore from multiple cultures.
183 questions
For questions about animals or non-human beings described in folklore and legends, which may or may not be based on actual creatures.
179 questions
For questions on the traditional beliefs, customs and stories of a community or culture.
147 questions
For questions on the myths, legends, and religious beliefs of the people of Ancient Egypt.
82 questions
For questions about the mythology and folklore behind the creation or existence of a being, object or idea.
82 questions
For questions about stories and myths of the religion based around Jesus Christ, the son of the Christian God.
70 questions
For questions about objects in myths that stand for something else in either the myth or the real world, sometimes for teaching a lesson.
57 questions
Questions looking for a specific text on mythology or folklore.
47 questions
For questions on the mythical realm of the dead, typically far underground, where the deceased go after death.
46 questions
For questions about the place of mythology in history, as opposed to potentially fictional mythological accounts of history.
44 questions
For questions relating to animals in mythology and folklore, symbolism and iconography.
37 questions
Questions related to the 10 year long war between the Trojans and Achaeans(Greeks).
37 questions
For questions about Hercules, the popular name for the Ancient Greek hero and the son of Zeus, known for completing a series of labors.
36 questions
For questions about the book by Homer about the ten-year travels of Odysseus, a Greek hero, after fighting in the Trojan War.
35 questions
For questions on the mythology and beliefs of the Celtic people, who were once widespread across Europe but now mostly confined to Brittany, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Cornwall. Questions specific t…
33 questions
For questions about myths of the creation of the universe, Earth, and all the things on it.
32 questions
For questions for the deeper meaning behind a myth, such as a theme or symbolism.
31 questions
For questions about the mythology of the original occupants of North and South America, excluding Europeans and other peoples coming afterwards.
31 questions
For questions relating to the mythology of Sumer, the land of the Sumerians around the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, which was later called Mesopotamia by the Ancient Greeks. See also the [mesopotamia]…
31 questions
For questions about the deity in Norse mythology, also known as Woden, who was the king of the Aesir gods.
31 questions
For questions related to the Old and New Testament. [Disclaimer: Religious subjects are on topic when dealing with the stories and symbols in the bible, but be aware we take a mythographic approach, …
31 questions
For questions that ask for a canonical reference about a commonly known myth.
30 questions
For questions linked to the area between Tigris and Euphrates, corresponding to modern-day Iraq. See also the sumeria tag.
30 questions
For questions about a Greek epic attributed to Homer, about the Trojan War.
29 questions