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Ahsonnutli was the sky father and chief deity of the Navajo Indians. He created heaven, Earth, ...
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According to the Sumerians, An was the sky god and symbolized heaven. In fact his name means ...
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Horus was a fierce and proud Egyptian god. He was the son of Osiris, the god of air and the ...
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Nut was the Egyptian sky goddess. She was depicted as a giant, naked woman who was supporting ...
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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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In the early centuries after the birth of Christ, Tyr was not only the sky god but also the ...
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Odin was the prominent deity of the Norsemen. He was called the All-Father. Odin was depicted ...
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In the Rig Veda, which is a collection of antique Hindu hymns, Indra is described as the king ...
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In Greek mythology, Zeus (Jupiter in Roman mythology) was the king of heaven and Earth and ...
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In Roman mythology, Jupiter (Zeus in Greek mythology) was the king of heaven and Earth and ...
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Did
you know that a
high
speed wind continuously blows off the
Sun,
carrying with it
plasma
that interacts with planetary environments, including Earth?
Did
you know that early Chinese believed that there were ten
suns that appeared each day in the sky during the ten-day Chinese week?
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Current observational tools cannot account for roughly half of the heat that is believed to have built up on Earth in recent years, according to a "Perspectives" article in this week's issue of the journal...
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