Explore Myths about Venus
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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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Maya astronomers had a remarkably accurate knowledge of the apparent motion of Venus. They ...
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Scandinavian story-tellers spoke little about goddesses, who were rarely the chief characters ...
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Explore Myths about other nearby planets
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Mercury was the god of eloquence, games of chance, commerce, and story telling, and was the ...
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Mercury was the prankster of the gods. And yet, in spite of his pranks, he won the affection ...
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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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The Gulf of Mexico: what role will the Mississippi River play in oil washing ashore and into delta wetlands? One of the spill's greatest environmental threats is to Louisiana's wetlands, scientists believe....
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