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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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For the Celts, who lived in central Europe, Lugh was a Sun god. The underworld god Balor was ...
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For the Aztecs, who lived in central Mexico, Tonatiuh was a Sun god. Aztecs believed that four ...
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Huitzilopochtli, whose name means "Blue Hummingbird on the Left," was the Aztec god of the ...
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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 was the Sun god to the Fon people of West Africa. His sister was the Moon god Mawu. The ...
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Chinese people believed that there existed ten suns that appeared in turn in the sky during ...
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Maui was a hero of Polynesian mythology. For Maui and his mother the days were too short. For ...
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Amaterasu was the Sun goddess of the oldest Japanese religion called Shinto. When her brother ...
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Shamash was a Sun god according to the Sumerian mythology. Sumerians were living more than ...
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Did you know that, in
Japanese and
Inuit mythology, there is a
Sun goddess rather than a Sun god?
Did you know that the Inuit sea spirit, Sedna, stubbornly refused to marry anyone?
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Scientists who study plants in the Sonoran Desert are worried about global warming. While desert winters have become warmer and drier over the years, climate changes have pushed the arrival of winter rains...
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