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Mawu is the supreme creator god according to the Fon people of Abomey (Republic of Benin). ...
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You may have heard people refer to a Full Moon in the autumn as the "Harvest Moon" or the "Hunter's ...
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Coyolxauhqui represents the Moon in the Aztec mythology. Her name means "Golden Bells." She ...
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According to Hinduism, every part of the cosmos is seen as being a manifestation of an underlying ...
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Diana was an ancient Italian goddess of woodland. In Capua and in Aricia, a locality near ...
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In Greek mythology, Artemis was born with her twin brother Apollo in the island of Delos. ...
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Rona was the daughter of the sea god Tangaroa. She was the Tide Controller. One night she ...
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Anningan is the name of the Moon god of some Inuit tribes that live in Greenland. The Inuit ...
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Tsuki-Yomi was the Moon god according the oldest Japanese religion, Shinto, which means "the ...
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Ix Chel, the "Lady Rainbow," was the old Moon goddess in Maya mythology. Mayan people lived ...
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Did you know that, in
Egyptian mythology, the sky goddess
Nut married the Earth god
Geb, and that the Sun god
Re was angry, and so forced them to separate?
Did you know that, according to ancient Chinese myth, humans were generated from the fleas which lived on the body of the giant Pan-Ku?
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