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What is the name of Brokkr's forge in Norse mythology?
I've read up and searched on Google. I've also read stories on the matter but I noticed that every item around Brokkr's and Eitri's workshop seems named except the magical forge with which they built the items for the gods.
Does anyone know the name…
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Is there any significance to the forms Zeus took?
Zeus often takes many forms to trick his wives and other damsels and some of the more prominent forms that he had taken are:
-the eagle(for Ganydeme)
-the swan(for Leda)
-the bull(for Eurynome)
-the shower of gold(for Danaë)
Are there any…
user1385
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Are there any groups similar to the muses in other religions?
Are the muses - a set of deities, each corresponding to a specific form of art - a unique Graeco-Roman invention or are there parallels in other mythologies?
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How are Taweret and Nephthys related?
When I compare the two Egyptian goddesses Nephthys and Taweret, I see a number of parallels, but I also see distinct differences. Consider:
Both are associated with childbirth, but whereas Nephthys is called upon for protection in the afterlife,…
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Did the Moirai (3 Fates) also control lovers destiny or was that the responsibility of another deity?
Did the Moirai / 3 Fates take precedence over the Gods responsible for love and marriage? What relationship, if any, does Greek canon state about the link between Hera, Eros and Moirai?
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Was divination a job reserved to women?
In Greek and Roman mythology, most of the famous oracles I've heard of were female.
The Oracle of Delphi (Pythia)
The Cumaean Sibyl (who sold books of prophecies to the king of Rome Tarquinius)
Cassandra, princess of Troy
Of particular interest…
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Why is Diana a Huntress?
Everyone knows that Diana, as well as her Greek parallel Artemis, are hunter goddesses, but few seem to know why. From where does this association originate?
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Why did Ninḫursaĝa cure Enki?
In the story of Uttu and Enki, Ninḫursaĝa cursed Enki:
Ninḫursaĝa cursed the name Enki: "Until his dying day, I will never look upon him with life-giving eye."
However, later on in the text and after a fox conversed with the goddess on Enki's…
user1385
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Why is the Indian Dragon at war with the Elephant?
Aelian records the following tale of an elephant fighting a dragon:
In India, I am told, the Elephant and the Drakon (Dragon-Serpent) are the bitterest enemies. Now Elephants draw down the branches of trees and feed upon them. And the Drakones,…
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What Phoenician story could be the inspiration of the cosmic story of five Titanes?
This is from Bleh's answer (quoting theoi.com):
The cosmic story of five Titanes--four holding the corners of heaven--may be Phoenician in origin.
What Phoenician story could be the basis for the Titanes story?
Girsan Virlee
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Did Loki give birth to a monster?
Loki ate some of the heart, the thought-stone of a woman,roasted on a linden-woodfire, he found it half-cooked;Lopt was impregnated by a wicked woman,from whom every ogress on earth is descended.
Source: Loki (Wikipedia)
Loki eat the heart,
on…
user1385
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When did Lord Indra asked for Kawach-Kundal to Karna? It's before Kurukshetra war or in the mid of war?
I am a bit curious to know that when did lord indra asked for Kawach-Kundal to Karna? It's before Kurukshetra war or mid of war? Because while making link-up of many things related to karna's life, mostly I got confused.
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Is there a god called Iob/Job/Yov?
R. Simon Ashenburg in Debek Tob reconciles a contradiction in the Bible regarding the name of Issachar's son which is given as Yov (יוב) in Genesis 46:13 and elsewhere as Yashuv (ישוב) in Numbers 26:24 by explaining that his name was really Yov but…
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Did Odin Have A Relationship With Freya?
Some scholars hypothesize that both Frigg and Freyja may have their origin in a Common Germanic goddess. There is no firm evidence for this, but scholars have found some similarities both in their mythological features and the possible etymologies…
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What is the original story of Fox Spirit/Nine tails fox in India's myths?
I read in wikipedia and some mythology sites about the fox spirit that came from India but surprisingly they never mentioned any story in an Indian version.
I can only find stories from China - Daji, Japan - Kitsune, Korea - Kumiho
So is there an…
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