Explore Mythology of the Polynesian islands
According to the Maori people of New Zealand, Rangi was the Sky Father and his wife was the ...
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Tangaroa was one of the children of the Sky Father, Rangi, and Mother Earth, Papa. He was ...
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Tawhiri was very angry with his brothers. They disagreed about whether their parents, Rangi ...
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Rona was the daughter of the sea god Tangaroa. She was the Tide Controller. One night she ...
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According to the Maori people of New Zealand, Rangi was the Sky Father and his wife was the ...
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Pele is the fire goddess who resides in the Kilauea crater according to the people of Hawaii. ...
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Haumea was the goddess of childbirth and fertility in Hawaiian mythology. Her children included ...
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Maui was the trickster hero of Polynesian mythology. It is said that Maui was born prematurely ...
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Makemake was the creator of humanity and the god of fertility in the mythology of the South ...
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Did you know?
Did you know that "
megalith" means "big rock", which is certainly a good description of
Stonehenge?
Did you know that the Maori god of wind and storms, Tawhiri, had 13 cloud children, as well as the children rain, mist, and fog?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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Subduction zonexSubduction zone : Subduction is the process of the oceanic lithosphere colliding with and descending beneath the continental lithosphere.
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Research Highlights
Geologists have found evidence that sea ice extended to the equator 716.5 million years ago, bringing new precision to a "snowball Earth" event long suspected to have taken place around that time. Funded...
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