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Are there stories on gods turning into mortals, or losing immortality?
Besides the story in which Zeus turned Apollo and Poseidon into mortals once, are there more examples of gods losing their immortality in other mythologies as well? Not only in Greek Mythology.
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What is the nature of Athena's relationship to the Furies?
There is, of course, the famous interaction and reconciliation in Aeschylus' The Kindly Ones (part 3 of the Oresteia), but does it go deeper than that?
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Searching for a deity of water and fire?
The title says it (almost) all.
I'm searching for a deity whose aspects are BOTH fire and water. Any religion/pantheon is ok.
It could be a greater spirit or something like that, but I prefer a god.
Edit 1: I'm looking for a deity that whose domains…
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What animals were represented in gods in ancient Egypt?
I cannot find many animals that were represented as gods and I am writing an essay on ancient Egypt.
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Why did Loki want Baldur dead?
What were his motivations? Was he jealous? Was it pure spite? Was he trying to teach the gods a lesson?
Why was it important for him to utilize an agent (Hodur) in the assassination?
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Why is Aether shown battling a lion-headed giant?
In this picture, the primordial god of the upper air, Aether, is depicted wrestling a lion-headed giant.
Is there a myth/story for this anywhere?
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Who did Zeus punish by having poison/acid dripped on them?
I am not sure if this is a real myth, as I learned about it from a Tumblr post:
charlesoberonn:
Hades was the least evil entity in the entire Greek pantheon. Just look at the punishments.
Pushing a rock uphill forever,
Have venom slowly…
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Parallels between Hecate and the Devil?
Hecate was associated with crossroads, just as the devil was.
Do the similarities end there? Could Hecate qualify as a devil figure?
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Was Orion, the huntsman, gay?
In this retelling of the Artemis and Orion myth, it says:
Orion loved the women as if he were their brother, and with the men he formed his most intimate and physically satisfying attachments.
Was Orion gay?
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Who was the Erlking?
I know he was the king of the fairies but what was his purpose and how did he rule?
I looked him up on google, but none of my searches made any sense.
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Are Krishna and Hermes related?
Both gods have legends involving extraordinary powers as children.
This link discusses the infant Krishna, as an incarnation of Vishnu, instructing his father Vasudeva on how to escape the wrath of the tyrant Kamsa, and goes on to discuss the many…
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What or who is Igidallru?
In Did Greeks and Romans allow for belief in only some of their gods?, Igidallru is mentioned:
Here is for example Odysseus killing the Cyclops, I meant Nergal killing Igidallru
As a comment points out, this apparently is the only reference to…
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Why did humanizing Enkidu take a work of a prostitute and not of an ordinary woman?
The following lines suggest that Enkidu was humanized as a result of having sex with Shamhat:
When with her delights he was fully sated
he turned his gaze to his herd.
The gazelles saw Enkidu, they started to run,
the beasts of the field…
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Why did Christians, who take a huge part of their Bible from Jews, not have to follow the same rules as Jews?
As I'm sure all of you know, the Old Testament is the Hebrew bible. Why then do Christians not follow the same rules as the Jews? When Christianity was attracting attention, Paul said that Jews who converted had to follow the Jewish law, but…
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What is the story of Dionysus' shipwreck?
Dionysus Shipwrecked is a lost comedy, written either by Aristophanes or by Archippus. Regardless of authorship, the title suggests the play revolved around a story of Dionysus being shipwrecked. Has that story survived in any other form? Do we know…
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