Maya gods and religion
For the Maya gods, a Maya pyramid at Tonina (ca. 700 AD) A Maya creation story Maya people believed that the world was created by One Deer. One Deer created [...]
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Central and South American religion
Maya Corn King on a plate Polytheism in the Americas The people who lived in South and Central America before 1500 were polytheistic - they believed in many different gods. Because they [...]
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Mayan Corn God – Central American religion
Maya pyramid to the Corn God at Tonina (ca. 700 AD) Because corn (maize) was Mayan people's main food, their most important god was the Corn God. A popular Mayan story was [...]
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Aztec gods and rituals – Central American religion
The Aztec god of seeds, Xipe Totec (ca 1500 AD) Who were the Aztec gods? Aztec people were polytheistic - they had many gods. That's the same as like the people of China, India, or Africa at [...]
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What is lead? A heavy kind of metal
History of lead: A Roman anchor from Palermo, Italy What did ancient people use lead for? Lead is a kind of metal that is very heavy. (See if you can get some lead, [...]
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Heloise and Abelard – Middle Ages in Europe
Heloise and Abelard Who was Heloise? The story of Heloise (HELL-oh-ees) and her husband Peter Abelard is one of the saddest stories of Western history. Heloise was born about 1100 [...]
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Who was the Roman goddess Venus? Roman religion
Venus rising out of the ocean, from Tunisia in North Africa (300s AD) The goddess Venus was the goddess of growing things, gardens, love and fertility for the Romans. People sacrificed to [...]
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Roman sacrifice – animals and incense – Roman religion
Sacrificing a cow, a sheep, and a pig in the Late Republic Probably around the time people began farming their food and raising tame animals for their meat, which in Italy was [...]
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Who was Minerva? The Roman goddess Minerva
The god Minerva: A Roman temple from the forum in Ostia, near Rome. It was probably dedicated to Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva. Is Minerva the same as Athena? Minerva was Jupiter's daughter [...]
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Who was the god Mars? The Roman god of war
So-called "Mars of Todi", an Etruscan statue from about 500 BC What was Mars the god of? Mars was the Roman god of war and fighting, the son of Juno (all by herself, with [...]
