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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    World (section Cosmogony)
    and our place in it, as is found in religions, is known as a worldview. Cosmogony is the field that studies the origin or creation of the world, while eschatology...
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  • (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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