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Meanings of cosmogonical myth in English

Russian
космогонический миф
Portuguese
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Myths that describe the ordering of the cosmos from a state of chaos or amorphousness.

космогонический миф
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Examples for "cosmogonic myth"
Examples for "cosmogonic myth"
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The authorities for Greek cosmogonic myth are extremely various in date, character and value.
Myth, Ritual and Religion, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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No religious or cosmogonic myth presents this character of universality.
Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World
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Here the story is combined with a cosmogonic myth.
Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World
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There are two elements in Mexican, as in Quiche, and Indo-Aryan, and Maori, and even Andaman cosmogonic myth.
Myth, Ritual and Religion, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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To Hesiod, then, we must turn for what is the earliest complete literary form of the Greek cosmogonic myth.
Myth, Ritual and Religion, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Wang's own creation myth began in a Beijing hospital in early 2012.
The Guardian
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Where there is a creation myth, there must be a final chapter.
The portable atheist: essential readings for the nonbeliever
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Some Russians have a creation myth about their corner of the planet.
The disappearing spoon: and other true tales of madness, love, a...
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Thousands of people would have witnessed ceremonies re-enacting the creation myth.
The Guardian
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Shunga prints even depict the creation myth that underpins Japan's Shinto folk religion.
Reuters
Usage of cosmogonical myth in English
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This, then, is the interpretation I have to offer of the cosmogonical myth of the Algonkins.
American Hero-Myths: A Study in the Native Religions of the West...
Translations for cosmogonical myth