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Re was known as the sun-god and the creator in ancient Egypt. He took on many forms, each depending ...
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Lugh, whose name means "the shining one," was the Celtic Sun god. The underworld god Balor ...
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Most of the astronomical beliefs of the Aztecs of central Mexico are known from the existing ...
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Huitzilopochtli was the patron deity in Aztec mythology. The Aztecs were an ancient civilization ...
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In Greek mythology, Apollo was the son of Zeus (Jupiter) and Leto (Letona). He was the twin ...
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Liza is a deity of the Fon people who live in West Africa. Liza is associated with the Sun, ...
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Antique inscriptional documents tell us how during the time of the Chou dynasty (c. 1027-221 ...
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Maui was the trickster hero of Polynesian mythology. It is said that Maui was born prematurely ...
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Amaterasu was the Sun goddess according to the oldest Japanese religion called Shinto. Shinto ...
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Shamash was a Sun god according to the Sumerian mythology. Sumerians were living more than ...
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Did you know that Egyptian hieroglyphics remained a mystery until around 1800? It wasn't until then that the
Rosetta Stone helped crack the code!
Do you know what the gods Re, Tonatiuh, and Shamash all have in common?
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Orographic liftxOrographic lift : Occurs when an air mass is forced to rise over geographic relief from a lower elevation. As the air mass rises it expands and cools adiabatically, which can raise the relative humidity to 100%, create clouds and precipitation.
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Glaciovolcanoes, they're called, these rumbling mountains where the orange-red fire of magma meets the frozen blue of glaciers. Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano, which erupted recently, is but one of...
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