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When and how did the Greek mythos transfer to the Romans?

What is the difference between a God and a Titan?

Why does looking at Medusa with a mirror work?

What is the world's oldest joke?

Why were there exactly 12 main Olympian Gods?

Why did Egyptian Gods have animal heads?

Where did the Roman gods live?

Why are goats associated with Satan?

Did the Greeks build temples for all of the children of Cronus?

Hephaestus and Medusa had a son named Cacus. How was Hephaestus shielded from being turned to stone?

Was there a cult of Hercules in Germania?

Why is rape featured so prominently in Greek mythology?

Did any Greek mythological hero father a son who surpassed him in fame?

What are the differences between Shakuna, Sundara, Rukma and Tripura Vimana flying machines?

Were there some differences in mythology between the different city-states?

Why would Hades visit a battlefield?

Greek/Roman Mermaids

Was Talos an intelligent machine?

Have powerful mythological heroes ever run away or been deeply afraid?

Why did the Lli and Archen rivers flood, separating Ireland and Britain?

Who is the Greek king Brynhild fought?

Why was Hephaestus ugly?

How did so many cultures come up with their own swastika?

Are there any beasts/creatures that "feed on" grief or regrets?

When did the Cross of Saint Peter start being used as a Satanic symbol?

What are good sources to introduce people to mythology?

What is the source of the belief that the seventh son of a seventh son is a clairvoyant?

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Why does Ohrmazd need to plan a time to fight Ahriman?

Zombies and ways of stopping them?