Explore Myths about Earth
Thousands of years ago, Geb was worshipped at the city of Heliopolis in lower Egypt as the ...
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Coatlicue, whose name means "Serpent Skirt," was the Earth goddess of life and death in the ...
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Gaea was the great deity of the early Greeks. She represented the Earth and was worshipped ...
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Hou Ji was originally a Chinese hero of royal descent. His ancestor was Huang Di. Tang, the ...
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Incas of ancient Peru believed that Pachamama personified the Earth. Incas ruled Peru from ...
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The Earth was conceived by the Maya as flat with four corners. Each corner represented a cardinal ...
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According to the Maori people of New Zealand, Rangi was the Sky Father and his wife was the ...
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Midgard is the realm where human beings live. Midgard, the Earth, was created from the flesh ...
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Enlil was the Sumerian god of Earth and air. Sumerians were living more than three thousand ...
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Explore myths related to phenomena on Earth like storms, wind, rainbows, and more. ...
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Did you know?
Did you know that the "
Seven Sisters" known to the Greeks is the same as the "
Flint Boys" known to the Navajo?
Did you know that, according to ancient Chinese myth, humans were generated from the fleas which lived on the body of the giant Pan-Ku?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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Sand boilxSand boil : A sand boil is sand and water that come out onto the ground surface during an earthquake as a result of liquefaction at shallow depth.
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Research Highlights
Glaciovolcanoes, they're called, these rumbling mountains where the orange-red fire of magma meets the frozen blue of glaciers. Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano, which erupted recently, is but one of...
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