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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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The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a side effect: pollutants from the region are wafting up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding, in a study led by scientists at the...
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