Other Random Mythology and Folklore Questions

What culture's myths MOST accurately describe the actual way language spreads through the world—branching off from a handful of core languages?

Amazonian

In a classic episode of the animated series Futurama, it is revealed that after a character was frozen in time, their dog waited for them every day for years until its eventual death. This same tragedy occurred for which mythical animal?

Argos

The stories of Ye Xian and Shaykh are considered to have the same themes as which Western tale?

Cinderella

What is the translation for the Indigenous American name for Death Valley?

Ground Afire

What is the significance of the Flores Man discovered in 2004?

It provided evidence that the Ebu Gogo legend was partially true.

Which civilization is the BEST example of a culture formed directly as part of a cradle of civilization (e.g., one of the oldest civilizations formed in a region)?

Olmecs

Where is the cave where humans were created, according to Aztec myth?

Teotihuacan

What Aztec god was responsible for rain, agriculture, and storms?

Tlaloc

According to Buddhist myth, where did the first tea plants come from?

a monk's eyelids

Panderers, flatterers, false prophets, and hypocrites are all punished in which of the nine circles of Hell, according to Dante?

eighth

Why do mythemes exist?

many human needs are universal

What common trait is found in most trickster animals?

physical weakness