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Religion and Mythology

Thanks to years and years of written and oral tradition, the following ideas are, quite literally, the oldest Trope Namers in the book.

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• Arthurian Legend
  • Black Knight
  • Excalibur in the Stone
  • Fisher King

• The Bible (and Judeo-Christian topics in general)
  • Adam and Eve Plot
    • Adam and/or Eve
  • The Antichrist
  • Archangel Gabriel
  • Archangel Michael
  • Archangel Raphael
  • Bowdlerize
  • Cain and Abel
  • Crystal Dragon Jesus
  • Curse of Babel
  • David Versus Goliath
  • The Devil
    • Deal with the Devil
    • Devil's Advocate
    • The Devil Is a Loser
    • Speak of the Devil
    • Sympathy for the Devil
  • Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory
    • Everyone Is Satan in Hell
  • Finding Judas
  • Forbidden Fruit
  • A God Am I
  • Hijacked By Jesus
  • Hippie Jesus
  • A House Divided
  • I Am Legion
  • If Jesus Then Aliens
  • Jacob And Esau
  • Jesus Saves
  • Jesus Taboo
  • Jesus Was Way Cool
  • Judgment of Solomon
  • Kung-Fu Jesus
  • Looks Like Jesus
  • The Messiah
    • Messianic Archetype
    • Dark Messiah
  • Moses in the Bullrushes
  • No Such Thing As Space Jesus
    • No Such Thing As Wizard Jesus
  • Number of the Beast
  • Pals With Jesus
  • The Promised Land
  • Satan
  • Sins of Our Fathers
  • The Scourge Of God
  • Tower Of Babel
  • The Uriah Gambit
  • Word Of God

• Buddhism
  • 108

• Chinese Mythology
  • Celestial Bureaucracy
  • The Four Gods
  • Moon Rabbit

• Greek Mythology
  • Achilles Heel
  • Achilles in His Tent
  • All Amazons Want Hercules
  • Amazon Brigade
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  • Cassandra Truth
  • Cupid Hates Odd Couples
  • Gaia's Vengeance
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  • Hermaphrodite
  • The Hecate Sisters
  • Hot Amazon
  • Hydra Problem
  • Fauns and Satyrs
  • Forged by the Gods
  • Launcher of a Thousand Ships.
  • Living Aphrodisiac
  • Lotus-Eater Machine
  • Nemean Skinning
  • No Guy Wants An Amazon
  • Our Centaurs Are Different
  • Pegasus
  • Primordial Chaos
  • Prongs of Poseidon
  • The Cassandra
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  • The Underworld
  • Trojan Horse
  • Trojan Prisoner
  • Our Titans Are Different
  • Oedipus Complex
  • Scylla and Charybdis
  • Watching Troy Burn
  • Woman Scorned
  • World's Most Beautiful Woman
  • World's Strongest Man

• Norse Mythology
  • Ragnarok Proofing
  • Ring of Fire
  • Valkyries
    • "Ride of the Valkyries" (Richard Wagner composition)

• William Tell
  • William Telling

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