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Is there a myth of someone living in the sun?
Is there a Greek myth of some sort of a god, human, or other creature living in the sun?
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Onokentauroi and Centaur- origin of both?
Theoi has an interesting mythical creature here
THE ONOKENTAUROS (or Onocentaur) was an African animal with the hybrid form of a man and an ass.
The Greeks and Romans later applied the name to a type of ape, possibly the chimpanzee.
And a centaur,…
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Twice a bridesmaid, never a bride?
I was reading Lafcadio Hearn's New Orleans Superstitions, when I came upon this proverb:
There are many superstitions about marriage, which seem to have a European origin, but are not less interesting on that account. "Twice a bridesmaid, never a…
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Why was the blood of Ouranos so powerful?
The blood of Ouranos gave birth to-
Aphrodite
three seasons
three Erinyes
the Gigantes
And that is quite a list for someone to give birth to when he is dead.
Is this just a given? A powerful god will have powerful blood? Something having to do…
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What is the name of the Mahabharata version told from the point of view of Sahadeva?
I found this blog about an article in the newspaper The Hindu, which has and excerpt from a retelling of the Mahabharata from the point of view of Sahadeva.
I searched for the book but could not find it. Can you identify it?
This is the excerpt…
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What is the meaning or significance of the following Joseph Campbell quote?
And where we had thought to find an abomination we shall find a God.
Where we had thought to slay another we shall slay ourselves.
Where we had thought to travel outward we shall come to the center of our own existence.
And where we had thought…
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How much did Greek mythology vary throughout different regions of Greece?
I have picked this question up from the sample questions in the definition phase of this site. I found this question very interesting.
How different is the mythology across various regions of Greece, and are they connected to each other in some way…
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Why were baboons famous in Egypt?
Why were baboons famous in Egypt? They were sometimes kept as pets, had a god named for them, but did they have any significance?
ANOTHER EXAMPLE--Sun-worshipping baboons rise early to catch the African sunrise - and race each other to the top for…
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Why did Beowulf's men carry weapons?
In Part VII of Beowulf, Beowulf tells Hrothgar
I shall manage the matter, with the monster of evil,
The giant, decide it. Thee I would therefore
Beg of thy bounty, Bright-Danish chieftain,
Lord of the Scyldings, this single petition:
Not to…
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Where was the Polycle founded by Hercules?
In Solinus Polyhistor, while listing Italian places said to be founded by mythological figures, he says:
That Latium and Saturnia were founded by Saturn, Ardea by Danae, and
Polycle by the companions of Hercules?
I have been unable to find any…
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When did flying reindeer become part of the Father Christmas (Santa Claus) story?
The idea that Father Christmas (Santa Claus) lives at the North Pole dates back to the United States Civil War of the 1860s. But when did the flying reindeer enter the picture? They are there nowadays in the form of a group that pulls his sleigh…
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Do Surtr and the Sons of Múspell survive the Ragnarök?
In Norse mythology, Surtr is some sort of being of fire, generally interpreted to be a giant, on account of his main narrative role being to side with the frost giants against the Æsir gods during the cataclysmic battle known as the Ragnarök, in…
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How Circe cleaned Jason and Medea from the guilt for the murder?
I was watching a mythology channel on Youtube called the Overly Sarcastic Productions, and I came across a video about Medea, the Miscellaneous Myths: Medea, In this video it is mentioned that the Argonauts stopped at Circe's island on their journey…
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Which Mesopotamian gods had sacred numbers?
In ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform, there were a few different ways of writing a deity's name. You could spell it out, you could write one of their divine purviews, or you could use a "sacred number". If you wanted to talk about the sun-god Shamash,…
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Miniature with man falling into a chasm and a camel—what is the myth being depicted here?
As far as I understand, it's from the "Ahmed I Falnama" from the 16th century. I haven't been able to find any commentary on this particular miniature, however.
Some things to note: The camel looks freaked out, possibly angry, possibly scared. The…
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