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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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16 |
In Greek mythology, Eileithyia is the goddess of childbirth. |
Literature > Mythology |
04/01/11 |
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17 |
"Theogony" was written by Hesiod. |
Literature > Mythology |
03/22/11 |
|
18 |
The fifth Labor of Heracles was to clean the Augean stables. |
Literature > Mythology |
03/02/11 |
|
19 |
In Norse mythology, Fenrir was a giant wolf. |
Literature > Mythology |
03/02/11 |
|
20 |
In Egyptian mythology, Set (or Seth) was the god of chaos. |
Literature > Mythology |
01/23/11 |
|
21 |
"Metamorphoses" was written by Ovid. |
Literature > Mythology |
12/13/10 |
|
22 |
In Greek mythology, Uranus is the personification of the sky. |
Literature > Mythology |
12/02/10 |
|
23 |
In Norse Mythology, Thor was the god of thunder. |
Literature > Mythology |
12/02/10 |
|
24 |
In Norse mythology, the sea monster Jormungand encircled the world. |
Literature > Mythology |
12/02/10 |
|
25 |
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 |
|
26 |
The eleventh Labor of Heracles was to steal the golden apples of the Hesperides. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/29/10 |
|
27 |
In Greek mythology the monster Typhon is buried beneath Mount Etna in Sicily. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/28/10 |
|
28 |
In Greek mythology, Jason's ship was called the Argo. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/23/10 |
|
29 |
In Greek Mythology, Jason obtained the Golden Fleece. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/21/10 |
|
30 |
In Norse mythology, Loki is the shape-shifting trickster god. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/18/10 |
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