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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Re,
Tonatiuh, and
Shamash all have in common?
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Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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RefractionxRefraction : Refraction is the deflection, or bending, of the ray path of a seismic wave caused by its passage from one material to another having different elastic properties; or the bending of a tsunami wave front owing to variations in the water depth along a
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Research Highlights
Earthquakes occur regularly in Sumatra, Indonesia because it is located near the boundary of two of Earth's tectonic plates. These earthquakes occur at 'subduction zones,' which are areas where one tectonic...
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