About 1,650 results
Open links in new tab
  1. What are the origins of the "okay" hand signal?

    Mar 12, 2018 · An "okay" hand signal is formed by making a circle with index finger and thumb while splaying the other fingers out, roughly upwards. What are its origins?

  2. Trending 'korean' questions - Mythology & Folklore Stack Exchange

    What is the Reason Korean Queen Heo Hwang Ok assumed to come from Ayodhya? When Most of the Proofs Direct Queen Heo Hwang ok came from Tamilnadu (Ayutha - Kanyakumari).

  3. Where is it said that Pandora opened the box out of curiosity?

    From what I can gather, we assume Pandora opened the box out of curiosity because when it's told as a cautionary tale, we twist it to make it seem like she opened it because of her …

  4. Has it been suggested that Greek Mythology was a way of …

    Mar 29, 2025 · children learn words for abstract concepts without hearing stories of mythological entities personifying those concepts and without dictionaries every day, so why would this be …

  5. greek - Why are Melinoe and Hel so similar? - Mythology

    Why is it that Melinoe the Greek Goddess of ghost and madness, and Hel Norse Goddess of death so similar? Both are split in half, Melinoe being half black, half white. Hel being half …

  6. Does Angela Merkel's use of her distinctive "diamond" hand …

    4 Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany, is known for using a distinctive hand gesture. Does the Merkel rhombus (Merkel-Raute), which has been heavily used by the Christian Democratic …

  7. norse - Mythology & Folklore Stack Exchange

    Apr 21, 2017 · In the Lokasenna, Odin claims that Loki spend 8 winters underground, "milking the cows as a maid" and bearing children: Loki spake: 22. "Be silent, Othin! | not justly thou settest …

  8. apotropaism - Why is silver in particular effective against dark ...

    Feb 24, 2018 · The antibacterial properties of silver are definitely a theme in Guillermo Del Toro's Strain, and I know first-hand he did a lot of serious research on vampires for that project.

  9. egyptian - What is the significance of this part in the myth of the ...

    Horus' hand is the tree that produces both types of seed - His/good and Set's/evil, a blended fruit. Of course, the only way it works is if Isis took some of Horus' seed and placed it together with …

  10. Cases of real time mythologizing that survive to be a part of the ...

    Aug 6, 2025 · i did not consider that and it does expand things since virtually all first hand accounts of a prophet works, but to exclude small time hoaxes I'd want them to be generally …