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  1. What are the origins of the "okay" hand signal?

    Mar 12, 2018 · An "okay" hand signal is formed by making a circle with index finger and thumb while splaying the other fingers out, roughly upwards. What are its origins?

  2. Trending 'korean' questions - Mythology & Folklore Stack Exchange

    What is the Reason Korean Queen Heo Hwang Ok assumed to come from Ayodhya? When Most of the Proofs Direct Queen Heo Hwang ok came from Tamilnadu (Ayutha - Kanyakumari).

  3. What is the meaning of the inscriptions on Baphomet arms?

    "Solve et coagula" is the principle underlying alchemy: dissolve materials to their constituents and re- assemble these into something else. Fulcanelli writes of this quote: If you know how to …

  4. Does Angela Merkel's use of her distinctive "diamond" hand …

    4 Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany, is known for using a distinctive hand gesture. Does the Merkel rhombus (Merkel-Raute), which has been heavily used by the Christian Democratic …

  5. What is signified by Genghis Khan being born with a blood clot in …

    Jan 12, 2016 · Genghis Khan (born Temüjin), is reputed to have been born with a blood clot in his right hand. Then Yisügei-ba’atur plundered Temüjin-üge, Qoribuga, and other Tatars.

  6. norse - Mythology & Folklore Stack Exchange

    Apr 21, 2017 · In the Lokasenna, Odin claims that Loki spend 8 winters underground, "milking the cows as a maid" and bearing children: Loki spake: 22. "Be silent, Othin! | not justly thou settest …

  7. Wolf and snake chimera - Mythology & Folklore Stack Exchange

    Is there any mythical creature that is a chimera between a wolf and a snake? Cerberus could be considered one but he was definitely a dog, not a wolf.

  8. egyptian - What is the significance of this part in the myth of the ...

    Horus' hand is the tree that produces both types of seed - His/good and Set's/evil, a blended fruit. Of course, the only way it works is if Isis took some of Horus' seed and placed it together with …

  9. apotropaism - Why is silver in particular effective against dark ...

    Feb 24, 2018 · The antibacterial properties of silver are definitely a theme in Guillermo Del Toro's Strain, and I know first-hand he did a lot of serious research on vampires for that project.

  10. Cases of real time mythologizing that survive to be a part of the ...

    Aug 6, 2025 · i did not consider that and it does expand things since virtually all first hand accounts of a prophet works, but to exclude small time hoaxes I'd want them to be generally …