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Anthropology
The study of human beings and human ancestors through time. Focuses on relation to physical characteristics, environmental effects, social relations and culture. The science of humans.
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Uranus
Anthropology; Mythology
Uranus ("sky" or "heaven") was the primal Greek god personifying the sky. His equivalent in Roman mythology was Caelus. In Ancient Greek literature, Uranus or ...
Aether
Anthropology; Mythology
In Greek mythology, Aether or Aither, also known as Akmon or Acmon in Latin is one of the primordial deities, the first-born elementals. Aether is the personification of the upper ...
Ananke
Anthropology; Mythology
In Greek mythology, Ananke ("force, constraint, necessity"), was the personification of destiny, necessity and fate, depicted as holding a spindle. She marks the ...
Chronos
Anthropology; Mythology
Chronos ("time," also transliterated as Khronos or Latinized as Chronus) is the personification of Time in pre-Socratic philosophy and later literature. Chronos was ...
Erebus
Anthropology; Mythology
In Greek mythology, Erebus ("deep darkness, shadow"), was often conceived as a primordial deity, representing the personification of darkness; for instance, Hesiod's ...
Eros
Anthropology; Mythology
Eros ("Desire"), in Greek mythology, was the Greek god of love. His Roman counterpart was Cupid[2] ("desire"). Some myths make him a primordial god, ...
Hemera
Anthropology; Mythology
In Greek mythology Hemera ("day") was the personification of day and one of the Greek primordial deities. She is the goddess of the daytime and, according to Hesiod, the ...
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