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 linked to the area between Tigris and Euphrates, corresponding to modern-day Iraq. See also the sumeria tag.
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For questions on shared themes or subjects common to the Abrahamic faiths, i.e. Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
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The traditional stories, beliefs, and customs of Europe.
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For questions about mythological creatures that possess reptilian traits but may, in some tales, have supernatural abilities, such as flying and breathing fire.
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For questions about beings known to combine human and super-human properties.
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Used for questions pertaining or related to non-human creatures in Mythology and Folklore that may or may not be based on real animals.
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Questions pertaining to the traditional Japanese polytheistic religion Shinto 神道
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Questions pertaining to spirits from multiple cultures and mythologies. Most popularly seen as tormented souls that went to hell in Christianity.
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For questions on a type of mythical creatures found in European folklore. They are generally human in appearance and capable of magic, but exact definitions and forms vary from tradition to tradition.…
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For questions about the Epic of Gilgamesh, a Mesopotamian epic poem, as well as its eponymous hero.
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For questions about what a being may encounter after death, such as a heaven, hell, or underworld.
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For sacrificial rituals or processes in mythology, or any other processes in which a character undergoes an ordeal.
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a belief that is not based on reason or scientific thinking and that explains the causes for events in ways that are connected to magic
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For questions about supernatural powers, often possessed by deities. Magic exists in many myths; do not use this tag unless magic is the focus of the question.
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For questions regarding the Norse Ragnarok. The doom of the Gods and the end of the world as we know it.
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For questions about one of the Gorgons, three monster sisters with hair made of serpents whose gaze could turn people to stone.
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For questions on the local folklore, myths, and legends found in Britain.
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For questions relating to the Celtic British mythology of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
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For questions about the names of people, creatures, deities and beings, and how they influence mythology.
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For questions relating to mythical symbols or depictions in artwork.
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For questions on a type of celestial being in the Abrahamic and Zoroastrian beliefs, typically acting as messengers begin heaven and humanity.
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A (usually) human like creature but extremely tall and strong.
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For questions regarding myths surrounding particular dates in the calendar.
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A set of actions or words performed in a regular way, often as part of a religious ceremony.
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Questions related to or pertaining to the Greek hero Theseus.
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