Jupiter, a Roman god
Jupiter, a Roman god (fresco from the House of the Dioscuri, Pompeii, ca. 79 AD) Who was Jupiter? Jupiter was the chief of the gods for the Romans, the way Zeus was for the [...]
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What makes thunder and lightning? – Weather science
A bolt of lightning in the sky Hot air and cold air are constantly moving around the Earth, as the hot air rises and the cold air sinks - that's what [...]
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Static electricity – Thunder and lightning project
A lot of rubber balloons. You can create your own static electricity and then discharge it like a tiny lightning bolt. Take a rubber balloon (just a regular balloon) and [...]
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08, 2017
What makes sound? Simple physics
Playing a French horn makes sounds because you blow into it and that moves the air Like light, sound travels through the air in waves, but unlike light, sound is not [...]
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07, 2017
Indra, god of rain – Ancient India
Indra, 4-5th c. AD (Mathura, India) Who was Indra? In the earliest Hindu stories that we know of, from the Rig Veda, Indra is the ruler of the Hindu gods, the [...]
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Phaethon and the Chariot of the Sun – Greek myth
Phaethon drives Helios' chariot Phaethon was a little boy who lived alone with his mother. He started going to school, and the other children teased him because he didn't have any father. [...]
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06, 2017
Who was the Norse god Thor?
Viking Bronze, from Iceland, 1000 AD Thor was the German god of strength, and the god of thunder and lightning (like Jupiter or Zeus). These three gods of the Greeks, [...]
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Who was Lei Kung? Ancient Chinese gods
A bolt of lightning in the sky Lei Kung was the Chinese god of thunder, and his wife, Lei Zi, was the goddess of lightning. He makes thunder with his [...]
