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Re was known as the sun-god and the creator in ancient Egypt. He took on many forms, each depending ...
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Lugh, whose name means "the shining one," was the Celtic Sun god. The underworld god Balor ...
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Most of the astronomical beliefs of the Aztecs of central Mexico are known from the existing ...
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Huitzilopochtli was the patron deity in Aztec mythology. The Aztecs were an ancient civilization ...
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In Greek mythology, Apollo was the son of Zeus (Jupiter) and Leto (Letona). He was the twin ...
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Liza is a deity of the Fon people who live in West Africa. Liza is associated with the Sun, ...
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Antique inscriptional documents tell us how during the time of the Chou dynasty (c. 1027-221 ...
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Maui was the trickster hero of Polynesian mythology. It is said that Maui was born prematurely ...
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Amaterasu was the Sun goddess according to the oldest Japanese religion called Shinto. Shinto ...
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Shamash was a Sun god according to the Sumerian mythology. Sumerians were living more than ...
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Re,
Tonatiuh, and
Shamash all have in common?
Did you know that the ancient Greeks revered Gaea as the Earth goddess, and that she was the mother of the Titans and the first humans?
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Research Highlights
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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