Explore Myths Related to Aspects of the Earth
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The Norse mythology associates the aurora with the goddess Freya. Freya was the goddess of ...
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It has been suggested that the northern lights, or aurora, represented the reflections of the ...
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According to a primitive Chinese myth, at the beginning of time only chaos existed. The universe ...
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According to the Pawnee Indians, the world was created by the god Tirawa who assigned to the ...
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Pan is the Greek god of wild nature. He protected shepherds, sheep, and goats. Pan's name is ...
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Faunus was a Roman pastoral god. The Romans identified him with the Greek god Pan. Some times ...
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Shango was the fourth king of the ancient Oyo Empire, the West African center of culture and ...
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Susanowo was the god of the sea and the storms according to the ancient Japanese religion Shinto, ...
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Tlaloc was an important deity of rain and fertility in the Aztec mythology. Aztec people were ...
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Tonenili, who is also known as the Water Sprinkler, is the Navaho God of Water. He is responsible ...
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