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Norse mythology associates the aurora with the beautiful goddess, Freya, daughter of Njord ...
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In Norse mythology, it is believed that the northern lights (the aurora) were light reflected ...
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Chinese people thought the universe had the shape of a chicken's egg. After 18,000 years. the ...
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According to the Pawnee, the world was created by the god Tirawa. Tirawa sent the stars to ...
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Pan is the Greek god protector of shepherds and their flocks. He has horns and legs of a goat, ...
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Faunus was a Roman pastoral god. The Romans identified him with the Greek god Pan . Like Pan, ...
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Shango was the king of the Oyo kingdom in West Africa. This was where the Yoruba people lived ...
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According to the ancient Japanese religion Shinto, Susanowo was the god of the sea and the ...
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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 is the Navaho God of Water. He is also called the Water Sprinkler because he sprinkles ...
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