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Is there a concept of a ‘realm of secrets’ in any mythology?
Especially concerned with things such as fate, death, tie, love, is there a metaphysical place that deals specifically with things that humans do not comprehend?
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Is there a similar folklore/parable in American/Western/European culture to the East Asian (Chinese?) parable on a Fox and a Tiger?
The Chinese/East Asian parable on a fox and a tiger goes like the following
A fox asking to be walking in front of a tiger brags about being a fearsome animal and exudes borrowed confidence from scared spectators, who are actually scared of the…
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Is there a kami of Aokigahara?
I read on a site that Aokigahara have a kami, but when I search on I do not think anything about, does anyone know anything?
I also read once that kamis are affected by the energy of where they live, as a place where people go to kill themselves…
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Creature that feeds off personal attachment?
New here. I did search for this in several different forms and places. Not sure if this is the right place, but I saw similar questions here, so I'll give it a shot.
I'm looking for the word for a demon, or just an evil creature, that feeds off of…
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How did Vǫlundr escape?
In the eddic poem Vǫlundarkviða, Vǫlundr escapes from his island flying. Some say he escaped by magic or even with a flying machine, since he was very skillful at building stuff. How can one understand both ideas using the original resource?
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What are the old laws of Cronos?
Athena blinded the young Tiresias by covering his eyes with her hands when he surprised her naked. Tiresias' mother, the nymph Chariclo who was dear to Athena and one of her attendants, asked the goddess to restore his sight, but Athena, not being…
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Drinking water from the River Lethe
They were all required to drink a measure of the water, and those who were not saved by their good sense, drank more than the measure, and each one as he drank forgot all things.
Found here in reincarnation.
The above sentence says that a soul in…
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Who is the Queen of Heaven in the The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl?
In the The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl classic of ancient China, who exactly is the Queen of Heaven?
Is it Doumu or The Queen Mother of the West or Wusheng Laomu?
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How can I find the meanings of certain words of the Inuit language?
I have been reading the Inuit and Chukchee mythology on Sacred Texts.
There are many words here that appear to be transliteration rather than translations. Is there an Inuit/Chukchee language dictionary? Or even research available for me to consult…
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Could it be the the Dendera Zodiak is a Glyphed description of the Egyptian Book of the Dead?
Deckenrelief (Kopie des Tierkreises) in der Kapelle des Tierkreises
(Zodiak) auf dem Dach des Hathor-Tempels von Dendera, Ägypten, 16
October 2014 by Olaf Tausch
Dear Egyptomaniacs, Egyptologists etc.
Stumbling upon information on a lost…
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How Zeus became king of the gods?
Zeus is King of Gods.
God of the sky, lightning, thunder, law, order, and justice
but how and why? Why he is called King of all gods? Which made him king and what were those factors that he was picked or became King of Gods.
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Myths/folktales/fairytales of areas/buildings/objects that disappear and reappear at fixed intervals?
I remember back when I was young that I saw an episode of Smurfs featuring a castle that disappears and reappears each few centuries and when, more recently, I thought about the whole concept of something disappearing and reappearing like this I…
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Did Zeus give Pandora the box?
Did Zeus give Pandora the box?
So the version I'm most familiar with is that Epimetheus had a box containing the evils of the world, but in some other versions e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOewVh0umdM
Zeus had the box all along so why not…
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Is there a kind giant named Hagrid Rubes in Greek mythology?
If you have read Harry Potter/Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Joanne Rowling, you see references to Greek/Roman Mythology everywhere. To name a few (or more),
Hermione, princess of Sparta
Minerva, Roman goddess of wisdom
Fluffy/Kerberos,…
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If any Ancient Egyptian Texts exist as Hieroglyphics in Online Documents
Wondering if anyone has copied any Ancient Egyptian texts such as this into Unicode Hieroglyphs or something similar, rather than English translations. Or if not, if there are photographs of the original Egyptian hieroglyphic texts.
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