Hint: The elements of nature are different from chemical elements, they represent the basic elements that are required for life to sustain. They are used to simplify the complexity of nature and matter by ancient people.
Complete answer:
The twelve elements of nature are Earth, Water, Wind, Fire, Thunder, Ice, Force, Time, Flower, Shadow, Light and Moon.
Each of these elements are simplified terms for higher and complex substances.
Earth represents the soil and rocks that we live on, Water represents the seas, oceans, lakes and all the water bodies, Wind represents the air that we breathe and the sky that we live under, Fire represents the heat and the flames. These are four basic elements also known as classical elements of nature.
Thunder is the element that represents electricity, Ice represents snow and cold, Force is the element of combat and spirit, Time is the element that represents our past, present and the future, Flower represents the plants of the nature, Shadow is the element of darkness and negativity, Light is the element of divinity and purity and Moon represents the space and the paranormal.
These are the twelve elements of nature without which, life is not sustainable. To simply the complexity of nature, more elements can be added to this in the future.
But, the elements earth, fire, air and water represent the basic elementals or classical elements.
Note:
Ether is also added as a classical element which represents void, thus there are a total five classical elements. Modern science does not agree with these elements as material basis of the physical world, but the common states of matter, solid, liquid, gas and plasma resembles classical elements earth, water, air and fire in a way.
