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Who is the father of the Tuatha Dé Danann?

The Tuatha Dé Danann are the children of the goddess Danu. Their very name, Tuatha Dé Danann, means "the people of Danu". However, who is their father?...

Asked on 08/29/2021

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Is there a god called Iob/Job/Yov?

R. Simon Ashenburg in Debek Tob reconciles a contradiction in the Bible regarding the name of Issachar's son which is given as Yov (יוב) in Genesis 46:13 and...

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Is there a relationship between the Dreamtime and dreaming?

Wikipedia suggests the English name of the concept is imprecise and provides no evidence of a relationship with dreaming:The term is based on a rendition of the indigenous (Arandic) word...

Asked on 08/29/2021

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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...

Asked on 08/29/2021

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What are the "beasts of the earth" in the fourth seal of Revelation?

When the fourth seal is opened, Death and Hell will kill "a fourth part of the earth" (KJ21): 6:8 And I looked, and behold, a pale horse, and his name...

Asked on 08/29/2021 by Girsan Virlee

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What kind of cats pulled Freya's chariot?

Everyone knows that the goddess Frejya's chariot was pulled by cats, but what kind of cats are we talking about? Are they giant sized house-cats? Were there any...

Asked on 08/29/2021 by DukeZhou

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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....

Asked on 08/29/2021 by user4358

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If the ox tiger is an unlucky direction, why build an entrance to it?

On the Oni Wikipedia, scrolled down to Demon Gate, it says that in Chinese Taoism and traditional Japanese esoteric cosmology (Onmyōdō), the direction northeast (though the wiki uses...

Asked on 08/29/2021 by Andrew Johnson

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Was there a hell or place of suffering after death in Norse mythology?

Was there a hell or place of suffering after death in Norse mythology. If so, was it eternal? What caused a person to go there?...

Asked on 08/29/2021 by theboi

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Why did druidesses vow perpetual virginity?

Dufieux's Nature et virginité p. 415 notes one pre-Christian culture that respected perpetual virginity:Dans la Germanie et dans les Gaules, il y avait des druidesses vouées à une...

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