Explore Mythology of the Polynesian islands
The Maori people of New Zealand believe that at the beginning of time the sky was so in love ...
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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. One night she was carrying a bucket with water ...
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The Maori people of New Zealand believe that at the beginning of time the sky was so in love ...
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Pele is a fire goddess according to the people of Hawaii. She is savage and wrathful and resides ...
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Haumea was a goddess in Hawaiian mythology. She was the goddess of childbirth. One of her children ...
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Maui was a hero of Polynesian mythology. For Maui and his mother the days were too short. Maui ...
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In South Pacific mythology, Makemake was the creator of humanity and the god of fertility. ...
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Did you know?
Did you know that the
lights
of the aurora come in different colors, depending on the energy of the
particles that produce the aurora?
Did you know that the Maya believed that the Earth was flat, and that there was a jaguar called a bacab in each corner that supported the sky?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
Do you know what this word or phrase means?
ChinookxChinook : A dry down-slope wind which occurs on the downwind side of a mountain range. It is a rain shadow wind which results from the subsequent (adiabatic) warming of air which has dropped most of its moisture on windward slopes.
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Research Highlights
Daniel Wolf Savin, a scientist at Columbia University, has published a paper on the research he and his colleagues have done on how stars began. In their research, the scientists built an apparatus to...
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