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  2. The Gods of Mars - Wikipedia

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    The Gods of Mars is the second Barsoom novel to use the plot device. John Carter "visits" Burroughs 12 years after the events of A Princess of Mars , claims to have mastered the secret of interplanetary travel , and states that it will be the last time that he makes such a journey from his adopted home.

  3. Mars (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Anne Ross associated Thincsus with a sculpture, also from the fort, which shows a god flanked by goddesses and accompanied by a goose – a frequent companion of war gods. [169] Mars Visucius. A fusion of Mars with the Celtic god Visucius. Mars Vorocius. A Celtic healer-god invoked at the curative spring shrine at Vichy as a curer of eye ...

  4. Category:Mars (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to the god Mars, the god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic of early Rome.Most of his festivals were held in March, the month named for him (Latin Martius), and in October, which began the season for military campaigning and ended the season for farming.

  5. New Sci-Fi Film ‘God of Mars’ Becomes First Feature to Fully ...

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    The movie features a huge, interplanetary scope, air battles slicing through Mars’ canyons, giant robots, futuristic Martian cities, close combat and a mystery about who are the original Gods of ...

  6. The Warlord of Mars - Wikipedia

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    The Warlord of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the third of his Barsoom series. Burroughs began writing it in June, 1913, going through five working titles; Yellow Men of Barsoom, The Fighting Prince of Mars, Across Savage Mars, The Prince of Helium, and The War Lord of Mars.

  7. Maris (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Some scholars think he influenced Roman conceptions of the god Mars, [3] but this is not universally held; more likely he was the god of fertility and love, similar to the greek Eros. [4] [5] In the Lead Plaque of Magliano, he is called Maris Menita "Maris the Maker", the full dedicatory line translated:

  8. Worship of heavenly bodies - Wikipedia

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    The most notable instances of this are Sun gods and Moon gods in polytheistic systems worldwide. Also notable are the associations of the planets with deities in Sumerian religion, and hence in Babylonian and Greco-Roman religion, viz. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Gods, goddesses, and demons may also be considered personifications ...

  9. Mars in culture - Wikipedia

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    The planet Mars is named after the Roman god of war Mars. In Babylonian astronomy, the planet was named after Nergal, their deity of fire, war, and destruction, most likely due to the planet's reddish appearance. [2] Whether the Greeks equated Nergal with their god of war, Ares, or whether both drew from a more ancient association is unclear. [3]