The rainbow often touches the earth at two points, sometimes forming a full circle.
One story is that before the Diné, or the five-fingered beings, were placed on the surface of Mother Earth, the two boys had to get rid of all the evil things on the earth before they could bring the Diné, or the children of the Holy People, here.
Planetary Rehabilitation: Many creation stories describe Earth as being rehabilitated by advanced beings after a flood.
This is not a creation story—this is the memory of a devastation of the planet and a rehabilitation of the planet when others turn up from somewhere else and assist with the rehabilitation of the environment and the re-nurturing of life on Earth.[30:38] There’s an overlap from there to the Filipino stories, the Nigerian stories of Osanobua, the Almighty One above the waters.
Genesis 11 begins with the verse saying, "In the beginning, all the land on Earth had a single coastline." That’s referring to what we call Pangaea.
I think civilization on Earth is far older than we are, and our ancestors had some notion of it and sewed it into world mythology.
In the biblical story, the flood happened to get rid of this awful hybridized presence on the planet that was again a breaking of authority in some way, on the basis of agreements among the sky council governing Project Earth.[38:07] That’s the Genesis story of it, but it’s assumed we know this—it’s told so quickly in Genesis 6.
In the days before the destruction, a large comet entered the solar system, taking up an eccentric orbit that crossed Earth’s path twice a year, raining down remnants that caused great destruction over two decades.
The Atlanteans were deeply connected to the Earth and nature, but there was a split between those who retained this connection and those who succumbed to fear-based beliefs.
Significance: The festival marked the New Year and was held to ensure the renewal of the earth, the king, and society.
It was an essential part of the Esagila complex and symbolized the connection between heaven and earth.
A common belief is that Noah carried Adam’s bones in the Ark, and they were buried in Jerusalem, the supposed center of the earth.
“Here lies, reduced to a pinch of dust, he who, from a pinch of dust, was formed to govern the earth, Adam,the son of None, the father of All, the stepfather of All and of himself.
An apparition involves a divine entity making itself known to a person on Earth, a concept supported by most Christian denominations.
Symbolically, the fenghuang's body represents celestial bodies: the head is the sky, the eyes are the sun, the back is the moon, the wings are the wind, the feet are the earth, and the tail is the planets.
Hörbiger claimed that Earth and other planets have had multiple moons made of ice that periodically crash into the planets, causing cataclysmic events such as floods and changes in climate.
The theory posits that many of Earth's geological and climatic changes, as well as historical catastrophes described in myth and legend (such as the Great Flood), can be attributed to the impacts and influences of these ice moons.
His blood becomes the oceans, his flesh the earth, his bones the mountains, his hair the trees, and his skull the sky.
These apples were a wedding gift from Gaia (Earth) to Hera, the queen of the gods, upon her marriage to Zeus.
It is often associated with the four elements (earth, water, air, fire) and the four cardinal directions (north, south, east, west).
7 symbolizes the union of heaven/spirit (often linked to 3) and earth/matter (often linked to 4), creating a "perfect" totality.
To connect with the physical body brings a deeper connection to the earth.
Laozi Tieguai was an ascetic for 40 years, often foregoing food and sleep, until Laozi agreed to return to earth and instruct his fellow clansman on worldly vanities.
Uranus is one of the primal gods, born from Chaos or emerging directly from Gaia (the Earth), depending on the mythological account.
He represents the sky in its primal, untouched form, enveloping the earth and providing a place for the gods to reside.
Uranus was both the son and husband of Gaia (the Earth).
This union between sky and earth was foundational in Greek cosmogony, explaining the origin of many key entities and forces in the world.
Its orbit takes approximately 84 Earth years to complete.
Uanna, "who finished the plans for heaven and earth",
Utuabzu is one of the Mesopotamian Apkallu, thought to have ascended to heaven and brought divine secrets to earth, representing deep wisdom and esoteric knowledge.
They say that the first man was created of the dust of the earth, and was placed in a garden, where he was subject to none of the ills which now affect mortality; he was also free from all bodily appetites, and though surrounded by delicious fruit and limpid streams, yet felt no desire to taste of the fruit or to quaff the water.
In China, the story is told that the Goddess Amida sweated male children out of her right arm-pit, and female children from her left arm-pit, and these children peopled the earth.
Another story is to the effect, that the right arm of Vena gave birth to Pritu, the master of the earth, and the left arm to the Virgin Archis, who became the bride of Pritu.
"The Sire who rules the earth and sways the poleHad spoken; laughter filled his secret soul:He bade the crippled god his hest obey,And mould with tempering water plastic clay;With human nerve and human voice investThe limbs elastic, and the breathing breast;Fair as the blooming goddesses above,A virgin likeness with the looks of love.He bade Minerva teach the skill that shedsA thousand colours in the glittering threads;He called the magic of love's golden queenTo breathe around a witchery of mien,And eager passion's never-sated flame,And cares of dress that prey upon the frame;Bade Hermes last endue, with craft refinedOf treacherous manners, and a shameless mind."
One version recounts Lilith’s refusal to assume a subservient position during intimate relations, asserting her belief in equality as both were created from the earth’s dust. Disagreeing with Adam, Lilith chose to depart the Garden of Eden.
In an unlucky hour the earth produced a honey-sweet substance: one of the men lusted after it, tasted and gave to his companions; the consequence was, that men lost the power of rising from off the earth, their size, and their wisdom, and were obliged to satisfy themselves with food produced by the soil.
The Nepaul account of the beginning of sin is as follows: "Originally," says one of the Tantras, "the earth was uninhabited.
In those times, the inhabitants of Abhaswara, one of the heavenly mansions, frequently visited the earth and thence speedily returned.
It happened at length when a few of these beings, who though half male, half female, through the innocence of their minds had never noticed their distinction of sex, came as usual to the earth.
Adi Buddha suddenly created in them a longing to eat so violently that they ate some of the earth, which tasted like almonds.
By eating it, they lost their power to fly back to their heaven, so they remained on the earth.
They were now constrained to eat the fruits of the earth for sustenance.
"But it came to pass that one of them beholding the earth said to himself, What thing is this?
and with one of his fingers having touched the earth, he put it to the tip of his tongue and perceived the same to be deliciously sweet; from that time, all the Brahmas ate of the sweet earth for the space of 60,000 years.
In the meantime, having coveted in their hearts the enjoyment of this earth, they began to say to one another, This part is mine, and that is thine, and so, fixing boundaries to their respective shares, divided the earth between them.
Because the Brahmas had been guilty of covetousness, the earth lost its sweetness and then brought forth a kind of mushroom," which the Brahmas also coveted and divided, and of which they were also deprived.
A great calabash was placed on the earth, as also a sealed paper, and God gave the black men the first choice.
He came out of the earth, but his wife issued from his thumb, and from them all generations of men have sprung.
He found the earth filled with abundance of all good things.
That the Mexicans had other traditions, now lost, touching this matter is probable, for they had a form of baptism for children in which they prayed that those baptized might be washed from "the original sin committed before the founding of the world." And this had to do, in all probability, with a legend akin to that of the Iroquois, who told of the primeval mother falling and then of the earth being built up to receive her when precipitated out of heaven.
The Caribs of South America relate that Luoguo, the first man and god, created the earth and the sea, and made the earth as fair as the beautiful garden in the heaven where dwell the gods.
"The sister of Eliulap the first man, who was also a god, felt herself in labour, so she descended to earth and there brought forth three children.
To her astonishment she found the earth barren; therefore, by her mighty word, she clothed it with herbage and peopled it with beasts and birds.
The godless Sammael had made an alliance with all the chiefs of his host against the Lord, because the holy and ever-blessed Lord had said to Adam and Eve, "Have dominion over the fish of the sea," and he said, "How can I make man to sin and drive him out?" Then he went down to earth with all his host, and he sought for a companion like to himself; he chose the serpent, which was in size like a camel, and he seated himself on its back and rode up to the woman, and said to her, "Hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" And he thought, "I will ask more presently." Then she answered, "He has only forbidden me the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge which is in the midst of the garden.
They already walked the earth when Adam’s line arrived.
Later historians sometimes say hinn or binn were cleared from the earth so jinn could live there.
It is not a total wipe of every human on earth.
Behold, Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the land; and from Thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me.
Cain’s exile, mark, wife, and city imply other people already on earth.
Peoples spread across the earth are hard to squeeze into Adam’s immediate family alone.
The earth shall be your abode; in the sweat of thy brow shalt thou find food; the produce of earth shall cause envy and contention; Eve (Hava) shall be afflicted with a variety of strange affections, and shall bring forth offspring in pain.
The wolf is bound, Thorr constrains the serpent, and Loki is chained under the mountains, and a serpent distils poison on his breast; when he tosses in agony, the earth quakes.
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, known for its brightness when viewed from Earth.
Powell describes the Lords of Venus, also known as the Lords of the Flame or Sons of the Fire, as advanced entities from Venus who arrived on Earth to accelerate human evolution by awakening the spark of mind in early humanity.
The pressure on the surface is intense, equivalent to being about 900 meters underwater on Earth.
Its day is longer than its year, with each day lasting 243 Earth days and each year lasting about 225 Earth days.Venus has been a target for several robotic missions, primarily by NASA and the Soviet space program.
Often called Earth’s twin due to their similar sizes, Venus differs dramatically in terms of climate and atmospheric conditions.
He makes one skilled in interpreting and understanding the movements of the stars and the whole nature of heaven and earth.
It completes an orbit around the Sun every 88 Earth days, which is the shortest of all the planets in the Solar System.
Interestingly, Mercury's rotational period is about 59 Earth days, so it rotates very slowly compared to its orbital speed.
Physical CharacteristicsMercury is a rocky planet, similar to Earth, but it's much smaller with a diameter of about 3,032 miles (4,880 kilometers).
Its small size means it has a weak gravitational force, only about 38% of Earth's gravity.
They [Vegans] first colonized the planet you know as Mars and the asteroid belt before they colonized Earth.
As you will see when we continue with the story, when they came to Earth, they also did some genetic tinkering with the reptiles.
It has a thin atmosphere, consisting mainly of carbon dioxide, and features such as valleys, deserts, and polar ice caps that resemble those on Earth.
We know there is some information that Earth was pulled from Tiamat, another planetary body.
Earth is younger than some of the other planets like Mars.
There is a faction that believes it owns Mars, and there have been some incidents — like Phobos, the Earth probe that was destroyed when it went to Mars — that resulted from these groups believing they own Mars.
With humans developing rudimentary space travel, Earth is becoming another faction that must be dealt with.
This was even before the time of the great dinosaurs on Earth, and the planet was very unstable.
Earth had a lot of seismic activity, and it was not a very hospitable place.
Returning to Mars, there is a very direct reincarnational link between the dying Martian civilization and the very early Atlantean-era civilization on Earth.
Those souls knew that Earth was possibly about to enter a destructive cycle similar to the destructive cycle that devastated Mars, and they wanted to stop the same thing from happening on Earth.
Its diameter is about 11 times that of Earth.
The Great Red Spot, a giant storm larger than Earth, is one of the most recognizable features of Jupiter and has been observed for over 300 years.
Jupiter orbits the Sun once every about 11.86 Earth years.
It is the third brightest natural object in the Earth's night sky after the Moon and Venus and has been observed since prehistoric times.
And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much blood being shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being wrought upon the earth.
And they have gone to the daughters of men upon the earth, and have slept with the women, and have defiled themselves, and revealed to them all kinds of sins.
And the women have borne giants, and the whole earth has thereby been filled with blood and unrighteousness.
Disgusted by all this, "the Gods" decided to have a Great Flood to rid the earth of the Nephilim and other ghastly creatures (according to the Book of Enoch.
The Bible says that the Nephilim are bound "in the valleys of earth" - beneath the earth?- until Judgement day).
He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
“Now have come the salvation and the powerand the kingdom of our God,and the authority of his Messiah.For the accuser of our brothers and sisters,who accuses them before our God day and night,has been hurled down.11 They triumphed over himby the blood of the Lamband by the word of their testimony;they did not love their lives so muchas to shrink from death.12 Therefore rejoice, you heavensand you who dwell in them!But woe to the earth and the sea,because the devil has gone down to you!He is filled with fury,because he knows that his time is short.”