Explore Myths Related to Aspects of the Earth
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Norse mythology associates the aurora with the beautiful goddess, Freya, daughter of Njord ...
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It has been suggested that the northern lights, the aurora, represented the reflections of ...
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According to a primitive Chinese myth, at the beginning of time, the universe had the shape ...
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According to the Pawnee, the world was created by the god Tirawa, who sent the stars to support ...
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Pan is the Greek god protector of shepherds, sheep, and goats. According to an account of his ...
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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 of 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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Research Highlights
There used to be sea ice floating on the tropical ocean, according to new evidence found by geologists. This was quite a long time ago, 716.5 million years ago, during a time known as Snowball Earth. This...
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