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Omitted Books from Le Morte d'Arthur
I'm trying to find a difference between two Le Morte d'Arthur editions.
The first was printed in 1886, prepared by Ernest Rhys, with introduction by himself. Single volume.
Malory's history of King Arthur and the Quest of the Holy Grail : from the…
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Is the Cumaean Sybil known by any other name?
Warning- Extremely deep in Greek/Roman myth.
The Virgin of Cumae, or the Cumaean Sybil, was a priestess with the gift of prophecy. She would write her prophecies on oak leaves an arrange them. But, if the wind blew them out of order, she did not put…
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What is known about A’ani, the ancient Egyptian God of Equilibrium?
Wikipedia’s article on Thoth states that A’ani is a form of Thoth, which is consistent with what I know about Thoth, although much of the information I'm working with comes through the hermeticism.
Wikipedia’s citation for A’ani comes from Budge’s…
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Does Thor's strength confer a degree of physical invulnerability?
Full disclosure, this question relates to the Marvel Comics conception of Thor going mano a mano with the Incredible Hulk, and taking some pretty big hits, including repeated hulkian punches to the face that drive his body into the dirt of the…
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Did Achilles suspect he might die by Hector's hands?
In Richmond Lattimore's translation, the following lines (9.410-416) are a part of Achilles' first speech in Book Nine:
For my mother Thetis the goddess of the silver feet tells me
I carry two sorts of destiny toward the day of my death. Either,
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How did the Old Norse conceptualize the parts of the self? Are these translations accurate?
In Daniel McCoy's mythology book "The Viking Spirit", he offers a chapter on the Old Norse concept of the self. He states that they divided people into four discrete parts, which he translates as follows:
Hamr - Body.
Hugr - Mind.
Fylgia - A…
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Why did Rumpelstiltskin want the baby?
The story of Rumpelstiltskin is quite well known, but I can't recall what his motivation for wanting the human child. The question can be extended to Goblins in general. (Although in the case of the Tengu, who sometimes would eat the babies, hunger…
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Do Mithras, Osiris, Adonis, and Dionysus share a December 25 birthday?
In The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown claims that Mithras, Osiris, Adonis, and Dionysus were born on December 25:
Teabing groaned. 'Don’t get a symbologist started on Christian icons. Nothing in Christianity is original. The pre-Christian God Mithras –…
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Is there an Egyptian Old Man of the Sea?
In Book VI of the Odyssey, the sea-nymph Eidothea identifies her father Proteus, the Old Man of the Sea, as an Egyptian:
"'Stranger,' replied she, 'I will make it all quite clear to you. There is an old immortal who lives under the sea hereabouts…
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Is there a tale of Zeus having sex with a deer?
I heard about a myth saying Zeus had sex with a deer, but after hours of research, I hold nothing. Can anyone tell me of this myth?
I am especially interested in acquiring any information about a supposed child that came of this union.
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Why is the trickster such a popular motif?
The trickster appears to be one of the more popular archetypal motifs in mythology. The Greek Hermes and Dionysus, the Egyptian Set, the Norse Loki, the Hindu Krishna, the Native American Coyote, the Yoruba Eshu and the West African Ananse are but a…
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Could the weapons of the gods be used against them?
Ethan's answer to the How did Athena keep from being turned into stone by her shield? question puts forth an interesting idea:
Athena probably wouldn't have been turned to stone from Medusa's head since Athena was the one who cursed Medusa to look…
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What do we know about the pagan gods in the Apocalypse of Abraham?
In the opening chapters of the Apocalypse of Abraham that discuss Abraham's conversion from idolatry, the pagan gods Merumath, Nakhin, Barisat, Zouchaios and Ioav are named.
What do we know about these gods? Can they be traced to actual pagan…
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Stories of living people that journeyed into the underworld and back?
This is inspired from: What items are necessary for a mortal to travel safely in the underworld?
Which living people made it into the underworld and back? What are their stories, and what characteristics do these stories share?
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What items are necessary for a mortal to travel safely in the underworld?
I am currently working on a performance where the hero has to make it through the underworld and back. I am assuming there are things such a traveller could bring with them to safely complete the journey. A well-known example would be the coin for…
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