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  1. Artemis

    Do you collect anything?

    I used to collect matches from hotels and restaurants, but they don't have them anymore, and I lost my collection when we moved house. Now I am collecting memories...
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    Brownie

    I think that is the legend of the brownie scouts. Before you become a girl scout you have to be a brownie scout first? That's the way it was during my elder sister's time. I'd like to have a brownie to clean my house too.
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    Sif and thor

    Wow! I did not know that Mighty Thor had a wife named Sif. Was she also a goddess or a mortal? Did they have any children? Where can I read about that marriage?
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    Werewolves

    There have been movies that showed werewolves and how they kill humans. I am not sure if they eat humans too. What is/are the basis for the tales and movies about werewolves?
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    Favorite animal/monster?

    Wherever Pegasus came from, I like him best among the animals in Greek mythology. Among the monsters, I don't have any favorites among the monsters, but I have some pity for the Minotaur that lived in the maze... or was that a Roman myth?
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    Giants

    Were the gods of old bigger than ordinary people? I've never heard about their physical measurements, only their appearances. Are they as big as the giants that tower over the people, like Goliath in the Bible?
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    Ragnarök

    Is that how the online game "Ragnarok" was conceived and played? It was based on that story? It has been a popular online game for the young and old alike for many years now, I did not know there was such a story.
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    Shows and scary dreams

    I don't watch horror movies because I tend to imagine those zombies and vampires and ghosts or whatever they are as real and existent in my vicinity, and they really scare me...
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    How did christianity kill the roman religion?

    Am not really very familiar about this, but if what I read is true, it is said that when the Catholic Church was established, it adopted the pagan icons as religious icons, like Isis became Mother Mary, and the rituals and festivals were also adopted as Christian rituals and festivities.
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    Midas and the golden touch

    In which mythology is Midas and the Golden Touch Included? As a child, I was entertained by this story and found it very funny. Later on, I realized how stupid he was, as I was enlightened by the moral of the story.
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    Who is the sun-god? apollo or helios

    I think that they lived in different eras or times. Helios, as a Titan lived before the time of Apollo who is the twin sister of Artemis and they are children of Zeus and Leto.
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    Dang i dred it

    Moving and Spring Cleaning is always an ordeal and some partners are not always a great help. I can't imagine how we accumulate such amount of possessions that seems to add up every year!
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    Tree mythology

    There are certain trees in some places or certain locations which are believed to be the entrance or portal to another parallel world. Some of these trees are very old...
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    Vampires

    So, historically, Dracula was not a real blood sucking Count who roamed his estate for victims in order to keep himself alive? He was not allergic to sunlight, and did not have those long sharp teeth? Those are just myths, right?
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    Troy

    According to mythology, "Troy was a great city, very rich and powerful, second to none." Outside of mythology, did such a city really exist? Was there any archeological or scientific discovery to attest to its existence?
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    Favorite roman god or goddess

    Diana, goddess of the Moon and the hunt, twin sister of Apollo, daughter of Jupiter and Latona; whose equivalent in Greek Mythology is Artemis, the Goddess of the Moon, fertility and childbirth, twin sister of Apollo and daughter of Zeus with Leto.
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    Witchcraft

    Where did the stories about witches and witchcraft came from? I think that it is universal. Is there truth about its existence or just another myth?
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    The otherworld

    I remember when my son was about two years old and he had an invisible playmate who invited him to join him "to somewhere far, far away". I was really rattled and told him to refuse... Is it something like that?
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    The otherworld

    Is the other world like the one where Harry Potter studied, where Hogwarts is located? I wish I could go into such place and see it for myself.
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    Cupid

    There are so many things about Cupid and the other gods and goddesses mentioned here that I did not know about. I shall be reading the book mentioned: The Golden Ass by Apuleius. I hope I can find a copy online.
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