Questions looking for a specific text on mythology or folklore.
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What are good sources to introduce people to mythology?
I would like to learn more about mythology, but I'm unsure where to start. Could anyone recommend some good websites or books for me to take a look at?
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Are there any pre-Philostratus accounts of Apollonius of Tyana?
I am interested in the life of Apollonius of Tyana, but the account by Philostratus seems a little late. Are there any other accounts of Apollonius outside Philostratus, either before him, or independent of him?
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Are there freely available texts of Geseriad in English?
I was trying to do some research of Geseriad (aka Epic of King Gesar/Kesar) details (for this), but while I found a couple of academic references, some even re-telling many parts of the epos, I wasn't able to find freely available text (in English…
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Looking for good information on Australian Aboriginal Mythology
Looking for good, uncomplicated sources on Australian Aboriginal Mythology - books, web, whatever.
Not heavy scholarly stuff, but with plenty of detail
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Is this Sabine name of Flora accurate?
Being a Sabine derived goddess of Rome, it's not odd to think that there is a linguistic equivalent of Flora in Sabine. I keep seeing claims that Flora was called by the Sabines as Flusia, and that July in the Sabine calendar was called Flusalia…
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What sources describe the rivers of the Underworld?
Many stories about the Greco-Roman Underworld mention the rivers flowing through it: the Styx, the Acheron, the Lethe, the Pyriphlegethon, the Cocytus, the Eridanus, and sometimes others.
Sources differ about which ones are actually rivers, though.…
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What do we know about the Roman goddesses Adeona and Abeona?
I've been trying to research the roles of the goddesses Adeona (or Adiona) and Abeona in Roman mythology, but am having great difficulty finding primary sources, such as the texts of Roman myths and literature. The closest I can find is an extract…
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Who is Crite of Chaldea?
Another one from Kersey Graves' The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors:
XIV. CRITE OF CHALDEA CRUCIFIED, 1200 B.C.
The Chaldeans, as Mr. Higgins informs us, have noted in their sacred books the account of the crucifixion of a God with the above…
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What are some references to Mathonwy in Welsh legends?
Mathonwy is the father of Math fab Mathony and a mother godess Dôn in Welsh legend, who is believed to be analogous to Danu from Irish and Vedic legends.
Are there any surviving sources, either direct or references from the medieval era,…
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What are the oldest extant influential mythology inspired books (mainly Eastern)?
Sorry if the question sounds confusing, not sure how to ask my question but I was reading an article about how Western literature is built in part on Greek and Roman mythology, on works like Homer's Odyssey for instance. Those earliest works go…
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Hercules predicted the Moors would conquer Spain?
I have read that in Spanish legend, King Roderic/Rodrigo, last King of the Visigoths before the invasion of the Moors, insisted on entering the cave or tower of Hercules, left sealed since the times of Greek myth but forced open by Roderic, thinking…
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Trying to find a hunter myth I was told as a child
When we were small children, our grandma would tell my sister and I stories at bedtime. She loved the Greek myths and Aesop's fables, but I have no idea where this particular story comes from.
It's the story of a hunter in the woods. For some reason…
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Who is Thulis of Egypt?
Kersey Graves in The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors compiled a list of sixteen messianic figures that preceded Jesus and were crucified on a tree, rock or cross before ascending into heaven.
The oldest one on the list is a Thulis of Egypt:
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Why is Circe in Aeaea?
In the Odyssey, the sorceress Circe lives a solitary life in Aeaea. Why is that? How did a goddess end up alone on an island? Can she leave the island, and if not, why?
Madeline Miller in her novel Circe has Helios exiling his daughter to Aeaea. I…
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What is the source of the story of Hades trapping Pirithous and Theseus in the Chairs of Forgetfulness?
Apparently, there is a version of the Pirithous and Theseus story that has Hades trapping the pair in the Underworld by having them sit on the Chairs of Forgetfulness:
This happened, some think, because Theseus was not in Athens but in the…
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