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Zeus' Lightning Bolt
Zeus didn't have a single individual weapon, like Þor's Mjǫllnir, which would come back to him after each strike—instead, most depictions have him hurling a new lightning bolt each time, which is ...
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Is it true that Norse mythology gods are almost the same as mortals without their weapons?
Short answer: Not really, but closer than many other gods.
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The Norse gods are generally not all-powerful; they can and they will die. They also seem to rely on Thor's hammer Mjölnir to ...
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Was there meant to be a connection or comparison between Poseidon's trident and Hades's bident?
According to Wikipedia
The Romans drew on Etruscan traditions for the interpretation of these signs. A tile found at Urbs Salvia in Picenum depicts an unusual composite Jove, "fairly bristling ...
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Could the weapons of the gods be used against them?
Apparently yes, their weapons could be used against them, although I have only ever encountered one example of this in the ancient sources,✭ specifically in Apollodorus' Library 1.6.3, wherein Zeus is ...
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Citations for Fragarach in Irish Mythology?
Although it's Manannan's sword, Lugh wears it in the story of The Fate of the Children of Tuireann. He has Manannan's horse, lorica (breastplate) and his sword, probably because Manannan fostered him. ...
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Zeus' Lightning Bolt
Zeus' thunderbolt in ancient times was often depicted as a single weapon. It was usually depicted as a winged flaming staff with lightning wrapped around it (although the lighting then was different ...
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Was the Grim Reaper originally depicted with a scythe or a sickle?
in greek mythology, the king of the titans, Chronos, carried a sickle. cronus, the harvesting god, carried a scythe. The grim reaper was a combination of the two and carried a sickle.
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