the idea of a 'soul mate' comes from greek mythology. it posits that human beings originally had 2 heads and 8 limbs until zeus split us in half, cruising us to spend our loves looking for our 'better half'.

more than 50% of icelanders believe in elves.

the egyptian mythological deity that is the anthropomorphic personification of eternity is named 'huh'.

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the hawaiian goddess kapo has a detachable flying vagina.

the milky way, our galaxy, is named after a goddess's breast milk. the original greek name, galaxias kyklos ('milky circle'), comes from a greek myth where zeus brought his bastard son herakles (hercules in the roman version) home while his wife hera was sleeping and put the infant demigod to her breast. hera woke up, pushed her husband's bastard away, and her breast milk spilled across the sky.

ragnarok, the end and rebirth of the world in norse mythology, is due this saturday, 2/22/14, according to a group of british vikings (huh?). a giant wolf will eat the sun, several important gods will die in a big battle (including thor and odin; so much for the next marvel movie), a sea serpent gets set loose and the world disappears under water awhile. after that, 1 man and 1 woman get to repopulate the world.

(plug for a friend: humble bee mead is the perfect beverage for the end of the world. make your ragnarok party plans now.)