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Claims that the Pleiades had some kind of leader
The page https://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NymphaiPleiades.html states:
"The Pleiades were seven mountain-nymph daughters of the Titan Atlas. Their leader was Maia the mother of Hermes by Zeus."
I can't actually find anything in the translations on…
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Is there a Greek myth where a father tries to protect his son, but the son dies anyway?
I heard a myth when I was a child and I think it was about how a father had a prophecy that his son would die. He took it seriously and attempted to protect his son but in doing so his son died. Sort of like you cannot escape fate kind of direction.…
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Anat and Ištar (west Semitic deity), did these deities derive from the same Semitic deity?
Apparently, Astarte/Athtart/Ashtart the Phoenician/Carthaginian goddess was a variation of (or that she simply derived from the same religious figure) the Babylonian Ishtar (who was herself a fusion of Inanna and some Akkadian goddess named Ištar),…
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What do we know about the Roman goddesses Adeona and Abeona?
I've been trying to research the roles of the goddesses Adeona (or Adiona) and Abeona in Roman mythology, but am having great difficulty finding primary sources, such as the texts of Roman myths and literature. The closest I can find is an extract…
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Why did the Romans name the planets after their gods?
Why did the Romans name the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn after their gods? Or did they consider these planets those gods?
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Did Narcissus have a twin sister?
It's been over twenty years when I was reading about the story of Narcissus. I don't have any of my notes or references saved, but I distinctly remembered I read one or two stories mentioning Narcissus had a twin sister. Can anyone tell me if this…
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Thor and Bifröst
Forgive my profound ignorance, as I am a rather new learner to Norse mythology. Please correct me if my recounts are in error.
From what I understand, Thor does not accompany the gods who travel across Bifröst. Instead, he wades through the rivers…
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Do European folklore creatures, like ogres, brownies, fairies,goblins etc. have characteristics attributed to anti-semitism?
These creatures mentioned in the title have characteristics (any, such as traits, costumes, behavior, etc.) attributed to anti-semitism by antisemitic people (or have their origins rooted in this)?
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What is the oldest known religious song/chant?
In most branches of Christianity, there are choirs, solo song or even Christian rockbands. I remember reading that in the case of Christianity most people where illiterate when they started making psalms, hymns and songs.(before making stained…
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(credible) Online Sources on Epiales, the Greek Spirit of Nightmares
I'm doing research for one of the stories I'm working on and found the Greek deity Epiales, the god/spirit of nightmares. I'm trying to implement him into a story as an antagonist to where he seeks to wreak havoc on humanity by forcing their…
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Does anyone know any good sources/books regarding ancient Armenian mythology?
I have been trying to find sources online about Armenian mythology but since the culture is so old and the Church burned so many texts about their paganism, I have difficulty finding anything. Most sources online differ from each other and the very…
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The Great Bear and Dragon encircling the Tree of Life
In "Yeats Poems" by W. B. Yeats, pg. 522, (in notes to his poem 'The Poet pleads with the Elemental Powers') it is written,
Yeats commented that the Great Bear and the constellation of the Dragon 'in certain old mythologies' encircle the Tree of…
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Why did Kronos swallow his children up, instead of killing them?
As the myth goes, Kronos swallowed this children as they were presented to him, so he could prevent the prophecy. But why couldn't he kill them?
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Why does Achilles continue fighting?
Why does Achilles continue fighting after killing Hector?
He only returned to avenge Patroclus and he did that. Didn't he end up feeling empathy for Priam and the Trojans?
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Why does Clytemnestra kill Cassandra?
In Greek mythology King Agamemnon of Mycenae, leader of the Greeks in the Trojan War, returns home victorious after the War, having captured the Trojan princess Cassandra to be his slave.
However, Agamemnon is no sooner home than his wife, Queen…
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