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	You would need to be more specific than "Gods". What pantheon are you referring to? Greek? Roman? Peruvian? Polynesian? – kuwaly Aug 9 '13 at 19:37
	Also, what do you mean by "legal" and "ok"? Morally okay? Permitted by mortal governments? Consistent with the rest of the mythos? – starsplusplus Jan 31 '14 at 15:34
	this is a good question, also seen in Christianity, but in Greek, many Gods fathered demigods. – Nobody Mar 25 '14 at 16:42

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added by rath Aug 8 '13 at 21:46

This is worded a bit convolutedly. Can you try to simplify it? The second part of the question seems virtually the same as the first part. If ti is, can you take it out, and if it's not, can you try to make it clearer? – kuwaly Aug 9 '13 at 20:08

Thank you for your comment. I think I've improved it now @kuwaly – rath Aug 9 '13 at 20:10

I'm actually still kind of confused. Do you mean distinct as in unique to each place or do you mean common themes across different cultures? – kuwaly Aug 19 '13 at 16:29

Both. I hope I've removed any confusion with the latest edit @kuwaly – rath Aug 19 '13 at 18:00

Yeah. It seems fine now. – kuwaly Aug 19 '13 at 18:02

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added by e-sushi Aug 14 '13 at 14:34

Anything having to do with the dead, ceremonies, rituals or customs are a great source of questions. – Young Guilo Jan 5 '14 at 21:55

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added by Skippy Oct 21 '13 at 13:31

Really good question as there are ties to many mythologies/religions. – Nobody Mar 25 '14 at 16:40

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added by René Nyffenegger Nov 7 '13 at 5:57

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added by Ankit Sharma, edited by SF. Jan 9 '14 at 11:16

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added by Chenmunka Nov 19 '13 at 12:13

This should be placed in Religion more than Mythology. – Young Guilo Nov 21 '13 at 14:24

@Young Guilo Perhaps we should define which is which in the proposal. Does "mythology" refer to only dead religions? Only polytheistic religions? What questions are we not accepting here that would be accepted on Religion and why? – starsplusplus Jan 31 '14 at 15:37

@starsplusplus It depends on who "Christ" is. Assuming it's Jesus, he lived in the Middle East. Proved. Thus it isn't mythology. – Young Guilo Jan 31 '14 at 16:46

Greek and Roman mythology is a religion. As far as I'm concern any religion is mythology. – Anonymous Feb 11 '14 at 2:21

Christ is in all awaiting awakening, so the question is mythological. Chenmunka did not refer to Jesus but said Christ. As mythologies aim is to awake in the person those qualities, I see he question as totally valid here. With living in England, it means that the UK's ways are more likely to bring about the Christ consciousness than in many other places. – Thoth Mar 7 '14 at 7:35

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added by starsplusplus Feb 4 '14 at 11:04

Is "Where did X originate from" not a little broad? – Jack M Apr 25 '14 at 23:18

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added by starsplusplus Feb 4 '14 at 11:06

That's a list question which is not really good... – Cedric H. Mar 21 '14 at 8:44

List questions are bad if they are open ended, but there were a finite number of Greek and Roman gods, weren't there? – curiousdannii Mar 26 '14 at 4:15

List questions like "best sites for x, y, z" are bad because they require maintenance that nobody will really undertake. This question doesn't have that issue, the answers won't expire in the same way. – starsplusplus Mar 26 '14 at 9:28

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added by Jack M Feb 17 '14 at 22:47

How would anyone be able to answer that? – Chenmunka Mar 15 '14 at 22:56

@Chenmunka How would anyone answer any historical question? Hopefully there are documents or other evidence that can be used to get an idea what exactly the Greeks thought of their own stories, and if there aren't, then that would be the answer. – Jack M Mar 17 '14 at 15:53

Not really a good question. – Nobody Mar 25 '14 at 16:39

@Jody Could you explain why? It's the type of question that primarily interests me when it comes to mythology. – Jack M Apr 20 '14 at 23:58

Inference from today's society that not everyone believes in the different religions across the planet and their stories so its reasonable to assume that the people of that time, probably didn't believe everything in their religions, although they certainly influence society across all ages. – Nobody Apr 21 '14 at 22:35

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added by fremmedehenvendelser Apr 12 '14 at 7:29

Nice question frem. – Young Guilo Apr 14 '14 at 22:15

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added by Bekah Evie Bel Dec 7 '13 at 13:53

This is a good question but it could degenerate into a list question, which would be a bad thing. – Chenmunka Mar 14 '14 at 20:18

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added by kscott Jan 12 '14 at 16:52

nice question :D im also curious with this. – Vainglory07 Feb 15 '14 at 5:04

good question :) while i haven't read anything, he probably pays to keep himself out of hades. lol – Nobody Mar 25 '14 at 16:45

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added by Pravesh Parekh Mar 18 '14 at 12:36

"strongest" would all boil down to opinion – Young Guilo Apr 6 '14 at 15:45

May not necessarily be so. There may be documented references that prove the superiority of some weapon over the rest. – Pravesh Parekh Apr 6 '14 at 16:15

If there are two documents that differ its opinion-based. – Young Guilo Apr 8 '14 at 1:51

Then there would (not necessarily though) have been comparative studies done by people. Or there might be evidence of the weight of one over the other. If not, the person who answers can mention that there are two contradictory studies and that the OP is free to choose whatever he/she wants to. – Pravesh Parekh Apr 8 '14 at 11:13