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What is the first recorded dog name?

names animals asked Jan 4, 2020 at 16:38

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How did they film the changing decks in the turbolift scenes in Star Trek: TNG?

star-trek star-trek-tng behind-the-scenes asked Mar 23, 2021 at 14:33

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How many times did the the sacred fire of Vesta die?

ancient-history ancient-rome roman-empire roman-republic asked May 7, 2020 at 22:39

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Why is rape featured so prominently in Greek mythology?

greek zeus interpretation poseidon asked Feb 13, 2019 at 20:14

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What is the oldest recorded cat name?

names animals asked Jul 6, 2020 at 16:09

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Have any astronauts/cosmonauts died in space?

astronauts accident death high-earth-orbit asked Mar 18, 2019 at 15:15

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Was the killing of an albatross being bad luck fabricated or real nautical mythology?

superstition maritime-folklore nautical-mythology asked Mar 2, 2019 at 0:55

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What are these hats and the function of those wearing them (worn by the Russian imperial army at Borodino)?

russia identification napoleonic-wars asked Aug 1, 2019 at 19:12

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Why did Robert Walpole get painted with a crown on his right side?

art 17th-century great-britain asked Sep 14, 2020 at 9:45

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If GRB 080319B happened next to nearest star: Proxima Centauri, what effect would that have had on us?

gamma-ray-bursts asked Mar 19, 2021 at 21:11

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Please help identify these old coins found in Germany?

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God/Goddess of clones or duplicates

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Are there any myths about rational beings (except gods/immaterial beings) that walked the earth before humans?

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What WW2 German badge is this?

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What is the relationship between Thor and storms?

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Zombies and ways of stopping them?

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Why was Hephaestus ugly?

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Why is it lucky to touch or knock on wood?

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Why was the Greek deity of warfare and wisdom (Athena) female, and how did the Greeks rationalize this?

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Have powerful mythological heroes ever run away or been deeply afraid?

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How did Atenism explain night-time?

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Did Narcissus have a twin sister?

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What is this Norse symbol?

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When does a religion become mythology?

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What were medieval European myths about redheads?

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When did the Cross of Saint Peter start being used as a Satanic symbol?

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What is an Half Angel Half Demon?

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Are there any common concepts in Egypt and Norse mythology / civilization?

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Does the Abrahamic God smite people with lightning?

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Why was the Aztec god Xolotl associated with Venus?

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Was a sneeze seen as an omen in ancient Greece?

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How powerful were Greek gods without their items?

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What is the specific term for those creatures that exist because people believe in them?

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What is the origin of the myth that witches burn in water?

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Are forests and trees considered self sufficient and self reliant? Or is there any lore on caretakers of the forests?

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How did Masih ad-Dajjal lose his eye?

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Examples of castration myths besides Ouranos

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Did Hermes ever somehow helped Prometheus, or not? Is he God of thieves, or what?

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Are There Biblical References to Good Magic?

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Which cultures have the concept of a "true" or "secret name?"

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