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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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Shadow zonexShadow zone : The shadow zone is the area of the earth from angular distances of 104 to 140 degrees from a given earthquake that does not receive any direct P waves. The shadow zone results from S waves being stopped entirely by the liquid core and P waves being b
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In the spring of 2010, the eruption of a volcano called Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland cancelled many flights in Europe. Eyjafjallajökull is a glaciovolcano, which means it's a volcano that is covered by...
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