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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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61 |
In Norse Mythology, Thor was the god of thunder. |
Literature > Mythology |
12/02/10 |
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62 |
In Norse mythology, the sea monster Jormungand encircled the world. |
Literature > Mythology |
12/02/10 |
|
63 |
In Greek mythology, the Titan Prometheus gave fire to mankind and was punished by Zeus when the King of the Gods chained him to the Caucasus Mountains with an eagle eating his liver every day (The liver grew back every night) until Heracles killed the eagle and freed the Titan. |
Literature > Mythology |
12/02/10 |
|
64 |
The eleventh Labor of Heracles was to steal the golden apples of the Hesperides. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/29/10 |
|
65 |
In Greek mythology the monster Typhon is buried beneath Mount Etna in Sicily. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/28/10 |
|
66 |
In Greek mythology, Jason's ship was called the Argo. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/23/10 |
|
67 |
In Greek Mythology, Jason obtained the Golden Fleece. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/21/10 |
|
68 |
In Norse mythology, Loki is the shape-shifting trickster god. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/18/10 |
|
69 |
In Norse mythology, there were nine worlds. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/08/10 |
|
70 |
The author of the Percy Jackson books, Rick Riordan, has released a new series. The first book is The Red Pyramid. |
Literature |
11/08/10 |
|
71 |
In Norse mythology, Ragnarok was the apocalypse that would ultimately destroy this world and the gods who ruled over it. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/08/10 |
|
72 |
In Norse mythology, Heimdall is the watchman of the gods. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/08/10 |
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73 |
In Greek mythology, Meleager killed the Calydonian boar. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/04/10 |
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74 |
In Greek mythology, Perseus killed a sea monster to rescue his future wife Andromeda. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/03/10 |
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75 |
The ninth Labor of Heracles was to obtain the girdle of Hippolyte, Queen of the Amazons. |
Literature > Mythology |
10/17/10 |
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