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creation myth

cosmogony

Symbolic narrative of the creation and organization of the world as understood in a particular tradition. Not all creation myths include a creator, though a supreme creator deity, existing from before creation, is very common. Myths in which the world emerges gradually emphasize the latent power of the earth. In other creation myths, the world is the offspring of primordial parents, derives from a cosmic egg, or is brought up from primordial waters by an animal or devil. Humans may be placed on earth by a god or rise from its depths or from a cultic rock or tree. There are often three stages of creation: that of primordial beings or gods, that of human ancestors who are often semidivine, and that of humans. Creation myths explain or validate basic beliefs, patterns of life, and culture. Rituals dramatize the myth and, particularly in initiations, validate the community's organization and rankings.

cosmogony

the study of the origin and development of the universe or of a particular system in the universe, such as the solar system

cosmogony

käz′mäg·ə·nē

(astrophysics)

Study of the origin and evolution of specific astronomical systems and of the universe as a whole.

I then compared this cosmogonic myth with the first issue of the Cherokee Phoenix, which displays the newly inscribed Cherokee Constitution under the image of a phoenix rising out of the ashes.

Digitizing Cherokee culture: libraries, students, and the reservation by Powell, Timothy B. / MELUS

22) In functional cosmogonic terms, the ten sefirot bear a remarkable resemblance both to the orthodox Christian Trinity (23) and the Gnostic Archons or Aeons: like the members of the Trinity, each sefirah is conceived as a hypostasis or persona of the One; like the members of the Valentinian Pleroma, or divine Fullness, the sefirot are arranged in male-female pairs which emanate "children," i.

The Great Work begins: theater as theurgy in Angels in America by Lioi, Anthony / Cross Currents

A citation from Wole Soyinka's Myth, Literature and the African World appeared on the introductory wall text and was crucial for understanding the exhibition of such a diverse body of works of art: "A fortunate blend of myth and history penetrates even deeper into that area of man's cosmogonic hunger, one which leads him to the profounder forms of art as retrieval vehicles for, or assertive links with, a lost sense of origin.

Genesis: Ideas of Origin in African Sculpture by Pemberton, John, III / African Arts

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