Explore Myths about Mars
Ares was the Greek god of war. He was identified with the Roman god, Mars. Ares was driven ...
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In Hindu mythology, the planet Mars is known as Mangala. Hindus believed in the existence ...
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Mayans were sophisticated observers of the sky. Mayans used their astronomical knowledge to ...
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Venus was the goddess of love and beauty. To the perfection of her figure and the purity of ...
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Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli is an Aztec deity representing the planet Venus and an apparition of ...
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In Roman mythology, Jupiter was the king of heaven and Earth and of all the Olympian gods. ...
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Ganymede was a son of Tros, first king of the classical land known as Troy. One day Jupiter ...
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Io was a priestess of the Greek goddess Hera. Hera was the jealous wife of Zeus, the king of ...
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Europa was the beautiful daughter of the Phoenician king of Tyre, Agenor. Zeus (Jupiter), the ...
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Tiny variations in the isotopic composition of silver in meteorites and Earth rocks are helping scientists put together a timetable of how our planet was assembled, beginning 4.568 billion years ago. Results...
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