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What companion of the Doctor who got a Viking funeral, was known for feminism and strong affection towards him?
Sarah Jane.
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Hitotsume nyūdō and Balor both have how many eyes on their faces?
One.
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The Litany of the Eye of whom, who is written about in Spells 112 and 113 of the Book of the Dead, is an ancient Egyptian text in the style of a funerary text?
Horus
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The Litany of the Eye of who, who was a good of birth and rebirth, is an ancient Egyptian text in the style of a funerary text?
Horus
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The stories and games taught by adults to people ranging in age from toddlers to adolescents without any adaptation are not considered what?
Childlore
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In the series containing fictionalized personas of real historical figures, one of the protagonists is the orphaned son of what antagonist of the series?
Yang Kang.
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The monster with many heads in Scandinavian folklore can come from what country where the Ynglings were a semi-historical dynasty of kings hailed from?
Sweden.
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After some time, the elves were summoned by the Vala Oromë, the huntsman, to live with him and the other Valar in what place, which when the Eldar reached it they were divided into three distinct groups?
Valinor
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The Kongtong Sect and the The Mount Hua Sect are both sects of what kind?
Martial arts sects.
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From what types of fictions are The Kongtong Sects and the The Mount Hua Sects seen in?
Wuxia fiction.
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In the series where a character named Sarah Jane is kept by police, who gets nearly killed from a bolt of energy from a built-in gun?
Alan, Maria and Sarah Jane.
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The wife of Orpheus and the Elean princess as the daughter of King Endymion of Elis both come from the mythology of what region?
Greece.
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What group of progeny of Uranus and Gaia were both Cronos, and Eos members of?
Cronos and Eos were Titans
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Which unusual body part can be found on both Satyrs and Dragons?
Tails
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What mythological character can cast black magic named for a large fire breathing, scaly, horned, lizard like creature?
Lina
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What novel is based on a work by an Italian whose name was changed taking away an r with a modern twist?
Inferno by Allen Carpenter
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Which of the three cantiche in Dante's Divine Comedy is a journey through Heaven, guided by Beatrice?
The cantica Paradiso is a journey through Heaven, guided by Beatrice.
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Who created the earliest work, from which the Character of Mary Russell is derived?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Who wrote a mystery series that is based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's earlier work, and is an American?
Lauri R. King
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What God was a direct family member of both Phaethon and Selene?
Helios
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Which metal is associated with the Roman equivalent of zeus?
tin
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What does the Roman god associated with the word luppiter and tin have in common.
Both are associated with Jupiter
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What real creature is depicted as surrounding both the Great Goddess and Medusa's head?
Snakes
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Who were the parents of Alexandra, the Trojan priestess?
King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy
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What God tried to win Alexandra's hand by offering her the gift to see the future?
Apollo
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Who were the parents of Libera?
Zeus and Dameter
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What Latin name is given to the daughter of Zeus and Demeter?
Prosperpina
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What high school student in Nishinomiya narrates the story in the lJapanese light novel series written by Nagaru Tanigawa?
Kyon is the narrator of the Haruhi Suzumiya novel series.
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Who was the legendary Greek king of Ithaca and one of the most influential Greek champions during the Trojan War?
Odysseus is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca
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Who did the lover of Tithonus abduct from the royal house of Troy?
Ganymede and Tithonus
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What did the lover of Tithonus abduct from the royal house of Troy for?
To be here consorts
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The most popular fairytale version of the famous dragon in Polish folklore whose lair was in a cave at the foot of Wawel Hill takes place during the reign of what king?
The most popular, fairytale version of the Wawel Dragon tale takes place in Kraków during the reign of King Krakus, the city's legendary founder.
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The lair of the Wawel Dragon in Polish folklore had his lair in a cave at the foot of a hill in what city in what city that is now the second-largest city in Poland?
The Wawel Dragon's lair was in a cave at the foot of Wawel Hill in Krakow.
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What two gods are associated with time and it's passage?
saturn and chronos
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In his old age Mentor became friends with what Greek hero, who was king of Ithica?
Mentor was a friend of Odysseus.
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Who were the possible wives of Tros?
In Greek mythology, Acallaris (Ancient Greek: Ἀκαλλαρίς) was the daughter of Eumedes. According to some accounts she married the Trojan king, Tros of whom she had a son Assaracus, also a king of Troy.Some writers gave the name Callirrhoe, daughter of the river god Scamander as the wife of Tros and became the mother of his sons.
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What are Dante's nine spheres of Heaven and how is Paradise depicted in Paradiso (Dante).
Dante's nine spheres of Heaven are the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the Fixed Stars, and the Primum Mobile. Paradise is depicted as a series of concentric spheres surrounding the Earth, consisting of the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the Fixed Stars, the Primum Mobile and finally, the Empyrean.
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Nyai Roro Kidul and Bhatara Segara can both be found in what?
Mythology.
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Acaste was one of the Oceanids and the daughter of what great primordial world-encircling river?
Oceanus.
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What type of legendary place from a relatively cohesive set of myths is city that is said to invisibly lie between Gandara, Tarangnan, and Pagsanghan in Samar province of the Philippines?
Mythical.
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What are a city that is said to invisibly lie between Gandara, Tarangnan, and Pagsanghan in Samar province of the Philippines and Avalon?
Mythical.
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Creationism" and cosmogonic can both refer to what?
Myths.
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What goddess confronted Bhīma and fell in love with him and is a figure in the Indian epic Mahābhārata?
Hiḍimbī.
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Who was the husband of Hidimbi that killed a powerful demon king who is mentioned in the epic Mahābhārata?
Bhima.
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What wrote the series with the fictional character Moonface and Silky the fairy, The Saucepan Man, Dame Washalot, Mr. Watzisname and the Angry Pixie?
Enid Blyton.
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What is the name of both the hound of Erigone and a land in the Norse saga of Egill Skallagrímsson?
Mæra.
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What was a dog star and the hound of Erigone?
Maera.
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Who is Hildebrand " Tuppy " Glossop and what sports does he play?
Hildebrand " Tuppy " Glossop is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves stories by comic writer P. G. Wodehouse. He plays rugby football in the story.
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What relative of Aeneas the Trojan is the likely namesake for a 39 Achelous -class repair ship used by the United States Navy?
Numitor
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What type of Japanese folklore creature that wears tiger pelts might the characters Sam and Dean Winchester battle in their series?
Yōkai or demon
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What type of archetype do both Greek and Roman Gods like the Father of Apollo originate from since they share some of the same functions?
Indo-European
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What Greek figure that was said to be born when Cronus cut off Uranus' genitals and tossed them into the sea was characterized as the patron saint of lesbians by the poet Sappho?
Aphrodite
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What titular hobbit character in the Lord of the Rings which takes place in the fictional land of Middle-earth often wishes he had more food?
Bilbo Baggins
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What fantasy novel series also known as the Lost Legion series features a Roman legion that is sent to another world after clashing swords with his enemies?
The Videssos cycle
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In the The Videssos cycle what author uses their knowledge of the Byzantine Empire and extensive military experience to craft a story about conflict between a Roman legion and a Celtic force?
Harry Turtledove
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What sixth child of Cronos and Rhea is the Greek equivalent of the Roman sky father, Jupiter?
Zeus
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What temple of the Capitoline Triad in Roman Pompeii is dedicated to the supreme Roman god of the sky?
Jupiter
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What fictional character nicknamed the "Knowledgeable Star" is a teacher in Yuncheng County?
Wu Yong
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The fictional character Wu Yong that some likened to Zhuge Lang appears in which of the Four Great Classical Novels in Chinese literature?
Water Margin
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What was the name of the infant nurses of the Dionysus one of the thirteen main gods in Greek mythology?
Nysiads
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Who was the twin of one of the most widely venerated Ancient Greek deities and patron and protector of young girls?
Apollo
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Onryō are what type of female ghosts that appear in certain cultures that come back due to a wrong done to them when they were alive and caused them to die in despair?
Vengeful ghosts
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Onryōare are what kind of malevolent and harmful person in spirit form that has been adopoted into the mythologies of East Asian cultures?
Ghost
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What author that opens his work describing the great need for reform in the criminal justice system sees punishment as a way to create a better society, not revenge?
Beccaria
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Are Thor and Maruts both gods of something below or above the ground?
They are gods of something above the ground.
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What do Thor and Indra have in common?
They are both gods of thunder.
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Who was born closer together: The Palici or Apnavana and Dadhicha?
The Palici were born closer together.
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The sibling of what co-doge was the idea for Romeo and Juliet?
The sibling of Pietro IV Candiano was the idea for it.
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Do Dhritarashtra and Balambika have the same gender or different genders?
They have different genders.
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Would Osiris be in the male gods or female goddesses category?
Osiris would be in the male god category.
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Does Lady Tremaine match or differ from the depiction that stepmothers are given in fiction?
She matches the depiction.
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Is the Krasue or the Nuppeppo more solid?
The Nuppeppo is more solid.
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Of the Ghostface and the Krasue, which is more likely to be seen in a movie?
Ghostface is more likely to be seen in a movie.
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How is the mythical create that shares its name with a genus of owls in the family Strigidae described in Ovid's Fasti?
The strix is described as a large-headed bird with transfixed eyes, rapacious beak, greyish white wings, and hooked claws in Ovid's Fasti.
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What are common names for members of the genus of owls that shares its name with the mythical creature that is described as a large-headed bird with transfixed eyes, rapacious beak, greyish white wings, and hooked claws in Ovid's Fasti?
Earless owls or wood owls are common names for owls in the Strix genus.
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Did the Chupacabra and Wendigo originate from the same country or different countries?
They originated from different countries.
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Of Bearskin and Azeban, are either real or are both fictional?
Both are fictional characters.
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What anthropomorphic figure in Alpine folklore, often depicted with the legs and horns of a goat and the body of a man assists Saint Nicholas by scaring children who have misbehaved?
Krampus scares children for St. Nick.
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Who is the enchantress and minor goddess in Greek mythology that is related to Medea?
Circe
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The Lannister who is born a dwarf had a mother who died in childbirth; what was her name?
Tyrion's mother was Joanna Lannister.
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What is the name of a character in Harry Potter that is from the same insect group as the Aname diversicolor?
Aragog
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Lyssa and Manea both personify or are the goddess of what condition?
Mad rage, or insanity.
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The most populous Danish island was created by which goddess, according to Norse mythology?
The goddess Gefjun created Zealand.
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Who is credited with creating the comic version of the character that Natalia Cordova-Buckley plays on the TV series "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."?
Yo-Yo Rodriguez was created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Alex Maleev.
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In the mythology that can be found in the Mahabharata and Ramayana, what is the name for the four demons who make difficulties?
The demons are called the Vināyakas.
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Viscum album played a large role in what type of mythology?
Greek
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A philosopher once compared the people who worship "the 50 daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea" to what water loving creature?
They were compared to frogs.
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Lycus was the son of Argyphia and what legendary king of ancient Egypt that ruled Arabia and conquered a nearby country and called it by his name, Egypt?
He was the son of Aegyptus.
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Where was the creator of the fictional village of Tannochbrae born?
A. J. Cronin, the creator of the fictional village of Tannochbrae, was born in Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
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Can belief in numbers be traced back to the times of Ancient Greece?
Because the Ancient Greeks believed their gods descended to the gods of Ancient Egyptians, their belief in numbers would have been passed along.
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What are the jobs of the personified, daughters of Nyx who are acting over the gods?
They were spinner of the thread of life, cutter of the thread of life, and drawer of lots.
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Pallantium was one of the most ancient towns of Arcadia said to have been founded by which of the 50 sons of King Lycaon who was a teacher of Athena?
It was founded by Pallas.
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A very large dwelling is descrbied as exiting in where that is owned by Hel thats name appears only in two extant sources: Gylfaginning and the much-debated Hrafnagaldr Óðins?
Niflheimr
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What was born more than once by the mother of the Greek goddess Persephone?
Dionysus' double birth (once from the earth, i.e. Demeter, when the plant sprouts) and once from the vine (when the fruit sprouts from the plant.
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The legendary Greek creature Almops was the son of the half-nymph Helle and what Greek Olympian that was god of the sea?
Almopos was the son of Poseidon and Helle.
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The Greek god considered the most beautiful male is the son of which child of Cronus and Rhea?
He is the son of Zeus.
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With both being hybrid creatures, which half is shared by both Echidna and a siren?
Both Echidna and sirens are part woman.
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In the Oz mythos, what did the ethereal queen do after she enchanted the country that is made up of four divisions that surround the Emerald City?
She left Princess Ozma to rule the country together with King Pastoria.
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which deity low and how important periods are appearances in art.a spirit how control?
Each deity has lowest to highest and three most important deities Mesopotamian pantheon during all periods are animals humans are appearance control event.
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Amphion and Zethus were the twin sons of Antiope and what Greek god who is known as the sky and thunder god?
They're the sons of Zeus.
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