Explore Myths about Earth

Geb was worshipped in lower Egypt as the Earth god. He was depicted as a bearded man with a ...
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Coatlicue, whose name means "Serpent Skirt," was the Earth goddess of the Aztecs. Aztecs were ...
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Gaea, or Mother Earth, was the great goddess of the early Greeks. She represented the Earth ...
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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 was the Earth goddess. Pachamama and her husband ...
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The Maya believed the Earth was flat with four corners. Each corner was a direction shown by ...
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The Maori people of New Zealand believe that at the beginning of time the sky was so in love ...
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In Norse mythology, Midgard is the Earth. It was created when the supreme god, Odin and his ...
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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, in
Egyptian mythology, the sky goddess
Nut married the Earth god
Geb, and that the Sun god
Re was angry, and so forced them to separate?
Did you know that the Maya believed that the Earth was flat, and that there was a jaguar called a bacab in each corner that supported the sky?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
Do you know what this word or phrase means?
AsperityxAsperity : An asperity is an area on a fault that is stuck.
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Research Highlights
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado has created powerful new computer software that will help scientists study climate change in much more detail than ever before....
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