battle of Ra with the chaos serpent Apophis. Hesiod and the Pre-Socratics use the Greek term in the context of cosmogony. Hesiod's Chaos has been interpreted...
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distribution Quantum chaos, chaotic dynamical systems in quantum theory, quantum mechanics, and their relation to classical chaos Chaos (cosmogony), in the Greek...
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Cosmogony is any model concerning the origin of the cosmos or the universe. In astronomy, cosmogony is the study of the origin of particular astrophysical...
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Nu (mythology) (category Chaos (cosmogony))
sphere of life is encapsulated, representing the deepest mystery of their cosmogony. In ancient Egyptian creation accounts, the original mound of land comes...
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Hundun (redirect from Chaos (chinese god))
and central chaos" in Chinese cosmogony, comparable with the world egg. Hundun 混沌 was semantically extended from a mythic "primordial chaos; nebulous state...
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Ginnungagap (category Chaos (cosmogony))
the Poetic Edda and the Gylfaginning, the Eddaic text recording Norse cosmogony. Ginnunga- is usually interpreted as deriving from a verb meaning "gape"...
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Neith (category Chaos (cosmogony))
Neith /ˈniː.ɪθ/ (Koinē Greek: Νηΐθ, a borrowing of the Demotic form Ancient Egyptian: nt, likely originally to have been nrt "the terrifying one"; also...
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Cosmic ocean (category Chaos (cosmogony))
also the transition from water to land. In many ancient cosmogonic myths, the ocean and chaos are equivalent and inseparable. The ocean remains outside...
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Abyss (Thelema) (category Chaos (cosmogony))
own mystical experiences. According to Crowley, the Abyss is a realm of chaos and illusion, guarded by the demon Choronzon, who embodies the fragmented...
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Abyss (religion) (category Chaos (cosmogony))
original sense of the Hebrew tehóm, the abyss was the primordial waters or chaos out of which the ordered world was created (Genesis 1:2). The term could...
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Creation myth (redirect from Cosmogonic myth)
although not always, considered cosmogonical myths – that is, they describe the ordering of the cosmos from a state of chaos or amorphousness. Creation myths...
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Man Tiamat (Ancient Mesopotamian) Nu (mythology) (Ancient Egyptian) Chaos (cosmogony) (Ancient Greek) Ymir (Norse) Gaia Kingu Korean creation narratives...
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Sea of Suf (category Chaos (cosmogony))
In Mandaean cosmology, the Sea of Suf (or Sea of Sup, Classical Mandaic: ࡉࡀࡌࡀ ࡖࡎࡅࡐ, romanized: iama ḏ-sup, lit. 'Sea of the End') is a primordial sea in...
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brother of Hemera (Day). In Orphic cosmogony Aether was the offspring of Chronos (Time), and the brother of Chaos and Erebus. According to Hesiod's Theogony...
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Cosmological argument (redirect from Cosmogonical argument)
Creatio ex nihilo Ex nihilo nihil fit Argument Biblical cosmology Chaos Cosmogony Creation myth Dating Creation Determinism First Principle First cause...
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Cosmology in the ancient Near East (redirect from Ancient near eastern cosmogony)
its cosmography, the physical structure and features of the cosmos; and cosmogony, the creation myths that describe the origins of the cosmos in the texts...
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Tiamat (category Chaos goddesses)
territory. Nu (mythology) – an ancient Egyptian deity with a similar role Chaos (cosmogony) – Ancient Greek deity with a similar role Ymir (Norse) Pangu (Chinese)...
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and Bohu are monsters in the superhero web serial novel Worm. Abzu Chaos (cosmogony) Cosmic ocean Tehom Tohu and Tikun The Void (philosophy) Hundun "Genesis...
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First principle (section Mythical cosmogonies)
is described as a "watery chaos" from which everything else appeared. This watery chaos has similarities in the cosmogony of the Greek mythographer Pherecydes...
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List of creation myths (section Creation from chaos)
though not always, considered cosmogonical myths, that is, they describe the ordering of the cosmos from a state of chaos or amorphousness. Enûma Eliš...
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an egg, produced by "Chaos-Night". Night seems to have been considered the first deity in the earliest known Orphic cosmogonies. The oldest Orphic theogony...
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Mobarak Azhdahak (Armenian mythical being), identified as Astyages Chaos (cosmogony) Snakes in mythology Gholizadeh, Khosro (1970-01-01). "zahāk or wolflike...
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Theogony, he is the offspring of Chaos, and the father of Aether and Hemera (Day) by Nyx (Night); in other Greek cosmogonies, he is the father of Aether,...
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Early Greek cosmology (section Cosmogony and the gods)
cosmology refers to beliefs about the structure (cosmography) and origins (cosmogony) of the cosmos (Greek kosmos) primarily from the 8th to 5th centuries...
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Anicca Anutpāda Apophatic theology Buddha-nature Buddhist philosophy Chaos (cosmogony) Depersonalization Derealization Determinism Dharmadhatu Dharmakāya...
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Greek primordial deities (section Chaos)
(October 2001). "'First of all': On the Semantics and Ethics of Hesiod's Cosmogony - Mitchell Miller - Ancient Philosophy (Philosophy Documentation Center)"...
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In Orphic cosmogony Phanes /ˈfeɪˌniːz/ (Ancient Greek: Φάνης, romanized: Phánēs, genitive Φάνητος) or Protogonos /proʊˈtɒɡənəs/ (Ancient Greek: Πρωτογόνος...
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pages with titles containing chasm Abyss (religion) Canyon or gorge Chaos (cosmogony) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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The Indo-European cosmogony refers to the creation myth of the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European mythology. The comparative analysis of different Indo-European...
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