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?
Do you know what the gods
Re,
Tonatiuh, and
Shamash all have in common?
Did you know that Zephyr was the Greek god of the west wind?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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RefractionxRefraction : Refraction is the deflection, or bending, of the ray path of a seismic wave caused by its passage from one material to another having different elastic properties; or the bending of a tsunami wave front owing to variations in the water depth along a
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Research Highlights
Scientists in South Africa have discovered two fossil skeletons that are about two million years old. These skeletons are of a young male and adult female of a species that had never been found before....
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