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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 does Loki borrow Freya's feathered coat to fly
...instead of just turning himself into a bird? I mean, he turned himself into a fly before.
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Why does the Valkyrie call the raven "the skull picker of Hymir" in Hrafnsmál?
At the beginning of Hrafnsmál the Valkyrie calls the raven "the skull picker of Hymir":
1. Hearken, noblemen, while I celebrate Harold the magnificent and his feats of arms. I will tell of the words which I heard spoken by a maiden fair and golden…
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Are Greek Myths and Heroes Rooted in actual History and People?
I completed reading a book titled "Old Greek Stories" by James Baldwin.
It features some well known Ancient Heroes such as Theseus & Perseus.
But the way it was told seemed like several nations and locations in that world (Crete/Aegean/Thebes) got…
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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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Did Hera know that Perseus was Zeus's son?
We often see Hera punishing Zeus's children or the mothers because of her jealousy. But such is not the case with the hero Perseus or her mother. She isn't even mentioned trying to cause any harm to them (that I have thus read). Why is that? What…
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Honor, cunning and realism of underhandedness in the Iliad
The heroes of the Iliad seem to be completely obsessed with honourable fighting, with Hector refusing to take sanctuary behind the walls due to that not being honourable (The Great Courses - Famous Greeks, Lecture 3: "Hector", with Professor J.…
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What is the origin of the male order and female chaos trope?
Jordan Peterson (in "Maps of Meaning", I think) associates order with masculinity and chaos with femininity but I don't think he is the original author of that trope. What is the origin?
I also notice a mild parallel between that diucotomy and…
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Are there any common concepts in Egypt and Norse mythology / civilization?
I'm looking for some concepts (could be objects, weapons, creatures, traditions, ...) that are common between both Egypt and Norse mythology/folklore or history/civilization.
Context: I'm working on a prototype for a card game where Gods from Greek,…
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Is there a culture that celebrates day of birth, day of conception?
Is there any culture that celebrates the day of conception instead of the tipical birthday we enjoy in occidental countries?
It would be a more exact event in some ways, imho.
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Medea in the Dunciad
The mortal Medea, as described in Wikipedia, does not appear to characterize the lines in Alexander Pope's Dunciad:
As one by one, at dread Medea's strain,
The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain.
It's the use of the word strain and its…
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Why did Apollo trick Artemis into killing Orion?
In one of the endings of Orion's myth, Apollo challenges Artemis' skills and tells her to shoot at Orion, who is swimming in a lake. Artemis, who can't see that it's Orion, shoots and unknowingly kills him. Why did Apollo do that?
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How did Hercules kill the lion without being clawed to death?
The myth says he killed the lion by putting the beast in a stranglehold and choking it to death, but how did he avoid being clawed and bitten by the lion while doing so?
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The Atlas Continuity Issue
One of Heracles's twelve labors was to retrieve the golden apples from the Hesperides, the "Daughters of the Evening". The only one who'd know where they are is the titan Atlas, who was condemned to hold the heavens on his shoulders as punishment…
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Greek or Roman equivalent of Bible
Wondering if there are any documents that document the Greek or Roman mythologies in a way similar to the bible, in that it acts as a comprehensive resource for all the knowledge about it. Maybe Metamorphosis is an example, I am not sure. Also, I am…
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