Explore Myths about Earth

Thousands of years ago, Geb was worshipped in lower Egypt as the earth god. Geb was depicted ...
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Coatlicue, whose name means "Serpent Skirt," was the Earth goddess of life and death in the ...
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Gaea, or Mother Earth, was the great goddess of the early Greeks. She represented the Earth ...
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Hou Ji was originally a Chinese hero of royal descent. His ancestor was Huang Di. Tang, the ...
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Incas of ancient Peru believed that Pachamama personified the Earth. Incas ruled Peru from ...
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The Maya believed the Earth was flat with four corners. Each corner represented a cardinal ...
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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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Midgard is the realm where humans live, the Earth. It was created when the god Odin and his ...
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Enlil was the Sumerian god of Earth and air. Sumerians were living more than three thousand ...
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Explore myths related to phenomena on Earth like storms, wind, rainbows, and more. ...
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Maya and the
Aztecs were early observers of
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LoessxLoess : An aeolian sediment formed by the accumulation of wind-blown silt and lesser and variable amounts of sand and clay that are loosely cemented by calcium carbonate. Loess is usually homogeneous, highly porous, and is traversed by vertical capillaries t
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Research Highlights
As greenhouse gases build up in the atmosphere, more of the energy that gets to Earth from the Sun sticks around the planet. This means that the amount of energy coming to Earth is greater than the amount...
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