Tellus

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Tellus may mean:

  • Tellus Mater, the Roman Earth Mother goddess also called Terra; Goddess of earth and she had her own temple dated back from 268BC and would be honoured at many festivals in her day.
  • Tellus (Ancient Athens), a citizen of ancient Athens who was thought to be the happiest of men
  • Tellus is an alternative name for the planet Earth; see Terra (mythology)
  • Tellus (journal), a scientific journal series affiliated with the International Meteorological Institute in Stockholm and published by Blackwell Publishing, which consists of Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography and Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
  • Tellus (comics), a comic book character and member of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  • Tellus, a fictional human colony in the TV series Space: Above and Beyond
  • Tellus Institute, a nonprofit research and policy organization committed to environmental sustainability and social equity
  • Tellus Audio Cassette Magazine, an extinct nonprofit audio art project

[edit] See also

  • Telus, a Canadian telecommunications firm