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Look up: Geb

  1. Geb
    an ancient Egyptian god of the earth, Geb`s laugh was said to be the cause of earthquakes; his sister and wife was Nut, the goddess of the sky; Geb was the son of Shu and Tefnut; with Nut he produced four children, Osiris, Isis, Seth, and Nephthys.
    Found on http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glo

  2. Geb
    A god that is sometimes pictured with the head of a goose. Geb was called 'the Great Cackler', and as such, was represented as a goose. It was in this form that he was said to have laid the egg from which the sun was hatched. He was believed to have been the third divine king of earth. The royal thr...
    Found on http://www.egyptartsite.com/glossary.htm

  3. Geb
    [n] - god of the earth
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. GEB
    An abbreviation for the journal Games and Economic Behavior. Contexts: journals
    Found on http://www.econterms.com/glossary.cgi?qu

  5. Geb
    in ancient Egyptian religion, the god of the earth, the physical support of the world. Geb constituted, along with Nut (q.v.), his sister, the second ... [3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/15

  6. Geb
    Earth god
    Found on http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/glos

  7. Geb
    (Marvel Comics) image= --> `Geb` is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics universe, based loosely on the Geb of Egyptian mythology. Publication history: Geb appeared in Thor #241 (November 1975), and was adapted from mythology by Bill Mantlo and John Buscema. Geb appeare...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geb

  8. Geb
    `Geb` was the Egyptian god of the Earth and a member of the Ennead of Heliopolis. It was believed in ancient egypt that Geb`s laughter was earthquakes and that he allowed crops to grow. The name was pronounced as such from the Greek period onward, (formerly erroneously read as `Seb` or as `Keb`. The...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geb

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