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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 |
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422 |
In Norse mythology, the sea monster Jormungand encircled the world. |
Literature > Mythology |
12/02/10 |
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423 |
In Norse Mythology, Thor was the god of thunder. |
Literature > Mythology |
12/02/10 |
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424 |
In Greek mythology, Uranus is the personification of the sky. |
Literature > Mythology |
12/02/10 |
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425 |
"Metamorphoses" was written by Ovid. |
Literature > Mythology |
12/13/10 |
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426 |
In Egyptian mythology, Set (or Seth) was the god of chaos. |
Literature > Mythology |
01/23/11 |
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427 |
Voldemort is the main antagonist in Harry Potter. |
Literature > Harry Potter |
01/24/11 |
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428 |
In Norse mythology, Fenrir was a giant wolf. |
Literature > Mythology |
03/02/11 |
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429 |
The fifth Labor of Heracles was to clean the Augean stables. |
Literature > Mythology |
03/02/11 |
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430 |
"Theogony" was written by Hesiod. |
Literature > Mythology |
03/22/11 |
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431 |
In Greek mythology, Eileithyia is the goddess of childbirth. |
Literature > Mythology |
04/01/11 |
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432 |
The second book in the "Little Miss" series by Roger Hargreaves is "Little Miss Naughty". |
Literature |
05/06/11 |
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433 |
In Norse mythology, Sleipnir was an eight-legged horse. |
Literature > Mythology |
05/19/11 |
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434 |
In the epilogue of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", Percy Weasley gets married and has two children named Molly and Lucy. |
Literature > Harry Potter |
05/24/11 |
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435 |
The tenth Labor of Heracles was to steal the cattle of Geryon. |
Literature > Mythology |
06/10/11 |
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