https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim Made with careful consideration and lots of research. Select a mythology different than Greek. Research a story that explains a natural phenomenon, creation story, existence of a particular animal. Summarize the story in a post. Attach the link to the actual website. Then find the actual scientific explanation. Summarize the explanation and link the website in a comment. en-us 2020-11-03 18:46:31 UTC 2025-12-06 22:23:54 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f30b.png jennifer_leal1 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887426877 The Alquonins believe it is the light from a fire built their creator.]]> 2020-11-03 18:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887426877 262645jara https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887463890 Indra the god if thunder and lighting. http://www.mahavidya.ca/2008/06/23/indra-god-of-thunder-and-lightning/]]> 2020-11-03 19:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887463890 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887463960 the Norsemen  believed that  Thor  was a hammer using god that controlled thunder and lightning with his hammer  and could manipulate the  weather https://mythology.wikia.org/wiki/Thor#Powers
 ]]> 2020-11-03 19:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887463960 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887464065 The  Asatros believed that thor and other gods rode a  Árvakr which was the name of the chariot that was pulled by very strong goats and it was said that the gods would only use this and there feet to get around. Thor was also not allowed to ride the chariot on the rainbow bridge because other gods through that the goats would break it. Later when the reguion is not very well known people are tattooing thor's hammer on themself along with jewelry being impaired by thors two goats who name are  Tanngrisrnir and Tanngnjostr, meaning teeth grinder.]]> 2020-11-03 19:04:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887464065 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887464177 The Pomo indigenous group believes that a bear got in a fight with the sun and took a bite out of it. In fact, the Pomo name for a solar eclipse is Sun got bit by a bear. As the story goes on, the bear meets the moon and has a conflict with the moon and also takes a bite of it, causing a lunar eclipse. We believe this is the way the Native Americans were able to tell the difference between the Lunar and Solar Eclipse. ]]> 2020-11-03 19:04:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887464177 266014lemo https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887464474 In Norse Mythology, Thor is the god of Thunder and Lightning. Thor's hammer, Mjölnir, can send out lightning bolts. Thor has a chariot that is pulled by two goats. Sometimes, Thor has to cook the goats and eat them, then he revives them with Mjölnir. The loud sounds from the wheels is called Thunder, and when the wheels are spinning, they release sparks and lightning.  This information is from https://norse-mythology.net/thor-the-god-of-thunder-in-norse-mythology/]]> 2020-11-03 19:04:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887464474 265668leca https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887466673 In Norse Mythology it is known that the god Thor (god of thunder)  creates thunder by driving his chariot in the sky and his chariot making that sound. Lightning is also believed to come from his hammer (Mjölnir) and Thor slamming his hammer in the ground in turn creates lightning.]]> 2020-11-03 19:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887466673 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887470618 According to the Natives no one knows where tornadoes come from how they're form.  ]]> 2020-11-03 19:05:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887470618 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887473053 Vikings long ago used to believe in mostly thor and odin. This world was inhabited by various mythological races, including dwarfs, giants, elves, and land spirits. Norse cosmology revolved around a world tree known as Yggdrasil, with various realms existing alongside that of humans, named Midgard. ]]> 2020-11-03 19:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887473053 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887473487 Solar Eclipse
According to Choctaw legend, a mischievous black squirrel gnawing on the Sun is the cause of eclipses. Like the Chinese dragon, the squirrel must be frightened away by the clamor and yells of the event's human witnesses.The moon is associated with our subconscious desires and our emotional lives.

]]> 2020-11-03 19:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887473487 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887474941 During the begging of time the universe was in chaos, and in silence. Movement of particles forming together could be heard throughout the silence of the universe. Soon the clouds and heavens could be seen with light, also known as Takamagahara. Particles that weren't used made up Earth, whenever the heavens appeared the 3 Gods appeared as well. During that time they most likely started planning on creating]]> 2020-11-03 19:06:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887474941 268775iaes https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887483572 In ancient Egypt There were vary serious sandstorms and heat waves.]]> 2020-11-03 19:08:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887483572 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887486312 Mayan God named Chaac who controlled the rain and controlled the weather and is the brother of the sun god Kinich Ahua.  The brother were tourmented by their evil adopted parents and they defeated them in the battle. Then whenever they were freed Chaac had an affair with his brothers wife so he had to suffer . So wheever it rains Chaan is crying in sorrow for what he had done. There are also different versions of the myth.]]> 2020-11-03 19:09:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887486312 264129avbe https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887492733 The Japanese culture believed that Raijin the god of lightning, storms, and thunder flew across the sky landing on dark clouds throwing lightning bolts at unsuspecting towns.  https://mythopedia.com/japanese-mythology/gods/raijin/ 

Lightning is an electrical discharge caused when there is an imbalance between the clouds or just the ground and the clouds. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/lightning/#:~:text=Lightning%20is%20an%20electrical%20discharge,lightning%20occurs%20within%20the%20clouds.&text=Lightning%20is%20extremely%20hot%E2%80%94a,hotter%20than%20the%20sun's%20surface. ]]> 2020-11-03 19:10:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887492733 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887496047 The native Hawaiians believed that volcanic eruptions were the work of a malevolent deity named Pele (pay-ley) whos anger and jealousy cause the magma to boil. There are vast differences in myth and legend between the different legends, but one constant is that Pele causes mischief and even chaos and wrath upon the islands with her power over volcanoes. Volcanic eruptions are said to be Pele's anger exploding. The myths describe Pele from being anywhere from a demon to be sure to not follow in the ways of, or more commonly, a quick to anger goddess of the creation new land, fire, magma, and volcanoes who is to be feared and respected and worshiped. ]]> 2020-11-03 19:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887496047 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887508060 Solar eclipse is thus an attempt of the warg to devour the sun. Vikings believed that at Ragnarök three winters in a row will come with no spring to revive nature. Then the wargs will swallow the sun and the moon, as described in the Younger or Poetic Edda.]]> 2020-11-03 19:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887508060 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887519946 In the Norse mythology ascribed, the Vikings of Northern Europe believed that, during a total solar eclipse, the Sun was being eaten by two wolves known as Skoll and Hati.

]]> 2020-11-03 19:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887519946 265735mima1_1 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887521487 In the Japanese culture it's believed that the god of fire Ho-musubi was created when his mother burned creating him and now he is known in Japanese Mythology as the fire god.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ho-musubi 
Fire is made when high tempters of heat is mixed with flammable stuff like fuel and oxygen and if you combine all of that then that makes fire.]]> 2020-11-03 19:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887521487 265728ismo https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887527960 The Egyptians thought that the moon gave of light in the night thanks to Thoth, and Ra appointing him to moon god for us humans to have light at night.  
The light from the moon actually comes from the sun when the Earth rotates to it's side and the moon stays in place and we see the light from the sun off of the moon. 
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/thoth.htm#:~:text=The%20wisest%20of%20the%20Egyptian,with%20his%20skill%20at%20games.   ]]> 2020-11-03 19:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887527960 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887531689 Fujin is the god of wind which the Japanese believed in and also thought was a demon. The Japanese also believe his brother Raijin also had to do with wind and weather and caused typhoons and storms.

https://mythopedia.com/japanese-mythology/gods/fujin/ ]]> 2020-11-03 19:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887531689 264294grga https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887787354 They believed that Ra was the sun god and the king of gods . He is also described as the creator of everything. It is sometimes proposed that the pyramids represent the rays of light extending from the sun and thus these great monuments connected the king with Ra. ]]> 2020-11-03 20:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887787354 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887788746 Shinigami , "Grim Reaper", "death bringer" or "death spirit") are gods or supernatural spirits that invite humans toward death in certain aspects of Japanese religion and culture. Shinigami have been described as monsters, helpers, and creatures of darkness. Shinigami are used for tales and religions in Japanese culture.]]> 2020-11-03 20:39:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887788746 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887789603 In Yokai, Ameonna is the goddess that became a cloud in the morning and rain in the evening. There are many different myths about why it rains in Japan and  in the link below it  lists a few different ones.]]> 2020-11-03 20:40:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887789603 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887790452 In Japanese Mythology a the reasoning behind of tsunami was a giant catfish called the Namazu (鯰) or Ōnamazu (大鯰) who causes earthquakes. He lives under the mud of islands of Japan. He is restrained by the god Kashima who restrains cat fish with a stone.]]> 2020-11-03 20:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887790452 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887794523 Egyptian god of the desert ]]> 2020-11-03 20:42:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887794523 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887797208 Lightning is an electrical discharge caused by imbalances between the storm clouds and the ground. Lightning occurs within the clouds. Lightning is a extremely hot flash, and can heat the air around it to temperatures five times hotter than the sun's surface.  The heat can cause the surrounding air to rapidly expand and vibrate which creates the sound we hear. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/lightning/#close ]]> 2020-11-03 20:43:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887797208 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887798606 the reason for earthquakes in Indian mythology is because of the turtle that the earth lies on is taking a gentle step. each step makes a might earthquake. reason for the elephants is because they lift the earth on top of the turtle and each step the turtle takes it shakes the elephants which makes earthquakes again i'm as confused as you are on this. link ]]> 2020-11-03 20:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887798606 264054mamo https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887799847 Loki one of the Gods that the Vikings had explain during their life. Loki's actions upset other gods, which they punished him with a snack inside of a cave. Loki tries to escape but the snack puts venom on him and it punishes the land above him to shake, which is now know as a earthquake. The real reason is that when two of earth's plates collide they make the land above it shake.
 https://historyofvikings.com/explanation-of-norse-nature/

https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake-hazards/science/science-earthquakes?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects


]]> 2020-11-03 20:44:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887799847 264053mamo https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887799964 The Namazu or the Onamazu is a giant catfish who is responsible for creating earthquakes. He is thought to live under the Earth, and to swim underwater seas and rivers. He on a  occasion brings good fortune, and distribution of wealth as well as devastation.
https://www.ancient.eu/Namazu/ 

]]> 2020-11-03 20:44:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887799964 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887800481 There was nothing. Then a hill, called ben-ben, rose up and there stood Atum (a god). He gave birth to two children, Shu and Tefnut. They set out on a journey. Atum was concerned about where his children were, so he removed his eye and sent it to search for his children. They came back with the eye. They then gave birth to Geb (the earth) and Nut (the sky).
https://www.ancient.eu/Egyptian_Mythology/ ]]> 2020-11-03 20:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887800481 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887801661  Tornados descended from the sky to the pyramid top in the
Egyptian legends. They would blow away sand, boats and many other things. http://sciencegiz.com/images/bookpdf/The-PERSONAL-TORNADO-for-PHARAOHS-SOUL.pdf]]> 2020-11-03 20:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887801661 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887802444 You may already know the sun god, Ra. However, the goddess of the sky is named Nut. (Yes, that was her name.) Now, Nut had a brother . This god was Geb, god of the Earth. According to the myth, Nut and Ge were very close and in the morning they were seperated,  but at night they came together, causing darkness.

The scientific explanation is the earth revolving around the sun and revolving on its axis at the same time. This means only half of the Earth can be illuminated (day) at one time while the other half is in the dark (night).]]> 2020-11-03 20:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887802444 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887802748 When a hurricane is the result of Huracán is angry and when he is in rage he cannot be stopped.]]> 2020-11-03 20:45:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887802748 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887803859 sink holes are a big one for sure...the way that i have seen them has only been in japan.]]> 2020-11-03 20:45:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887803859 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887808692 Amaterasu aka the "Sun Goddess" is one of the major deities of Shinito, also being portrayed in some of Japan's earliest literary texts called the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki (I believe). She is also considered to be on of the "Three Precious Children.]]> 2020-11-03 20:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887808692 264136leca https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887808896 The Cherokee Legend/Myth
A few men packed their bags and started traveling towards where the sun rose every  day and set every night. They traveled for days until finally they reached the end where the sky lifted up (like a trapdoor) to let the sun in and out. One of the men tried to walk through the door but was too slow. He was crushed by the sky never to be seen again. Looking in terror the other men turned around and headed back to their home.
https://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/TheJourneyToTheSunrise-Cherokee.html ]]> 2020-11-03 20:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887808896 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887809453 The reason behind day and night includes a father who became so proud, he turned arrogant. To which the gods responded by carrying the moon and sun on a chariot which created our daylight cycle.
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What really happens is, when Earth is on its axis rotating, the area receiving light from the sun will then no longer receive it after tuning from the sun causing night.
||| Source of Information |||]]> 2020-11-03 20:47:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887809453 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887811929 CAIRO - 23 March 2020: On March 22, the Pyramids' archeological region witnessed a distinct astronomical phenomenon, as the sun set on the right shoulder of the Sphinx.

]]> 2020-11-03 20:48:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887811929 263730chro https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887818020 Isis and Osiris were children of the Earth Goddess Nut. They were married and Osiris was the oldest. Since he was older he took the throne. His brother was jealous so he killed him, chopped him into pieces and spread them across  Egypt. The scientific explanation is that it's all due to the way our brain thinks. ]]> 2020-11-03 20:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887818020 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887842296 2020-11-03 20:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887842296 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887843467 There are two siblings, the goddess of day and the heavens who is named Amaterasu, and the god of night and the moon who is named Tsukiyomi. These siblings got married and one day, Amaterasu asked Tsukiyomi to go visit Uke-Mochi, the god of food. Now, Tsukiyomi went to visist Uke-Mochi as his wife asked, but when he asked for food, Uke-Mochi's way of producing food was so disgusting (he barfed it up) that Tsukiyomi decided to MURDER Uke-Mochi. When Amaterasu saw that he had done this, she cast him out of the heavens and declared him an evil and traitorous god, and that is why night and day are now separate and why night is considered evil and a time when witches and spirits come out. 

The scientific explanation is the earth revolving around the sun and revolving on its axis at the same time. This means only half of the Earth can be illuminated (day) at one time while the other half is in the dark (night).]]> 2020-11-03 20:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887843467 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887869689 Here it is:]]> 2020-11-03 21:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887869689 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887879290 The legend is  about thunderstorms    Its about a family that live on an island that farm and plant crops but when the thunderstorm starts they have to run to house and get to shelter because the thunderstorm will take them. 



]]> 2020-11-03 21:13:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/887879290 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/888215194 Njǫrd was the Norse god of the wind the sea and its riches]]> 2020-11-04 00:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/888215194 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/888512121 Egyption god of the desert 

During Egypt's Old Kingdom- the pyramid building time 4,200 years ago, droughts and fires plagued the region, causing famine and social unrest.


]]> 2020-11-04 03:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/888512121 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/891335178 Japan God named Fujin controlled the wind he is feared by many mostly because of his appearance. He has a red head but a green body with and wears leopard skin. He carries a long bag that hangs around his neck that contains wind. Fujin waves his bag of wind around and controls all of the wind in the world. He uses his bag of wind to launch himself around the world he also rides on a storm cloud. Fujin has a brother that controls lighting, thunder, and storms his name is Rajin.]]> 2020-11-04 18:48:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/891335178 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/891483048 The Japanese believe that Namazu is a giant catfish that moves the Earth with his giant tail. Originally he acted as a warning if danger is coming. Such as a flood or heavy rains
https://listverse.com/2019/09/25/10-crazy-ways-humans-have-tried-to-explain-natural-disasters/

]]> 2020-11-04 19:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/891483048 https://padlet.com/jennifer_leal1/z503mhss1jao8bim/wish/896363485 The Living God named Osiris is the Egyptian Lord of the Underworld and Judge of the Dead, brother-husband to Isis, and one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt. 

https://www.ancient.eu/osiris/#:~:text=Osiris%20is%20the%20Egyptian%20Lord,powerful'%20or%20'mighty'.


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