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cosmogony

Study of the origin and evolution of the universe.
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Among them are Ernst Cassirer on the place of language and myth in the pattern of human culture, Mircea Eliade on cosmogonic myth and sacred history, Emile Durkheim and Marcel Mauss on primitive classifications, and Claude Levi-Strauss on overture.
Myths and mythologies; a reader. (reprint, 2006) by Reference & Research Book News
It is noteworthy that the temple at Adichunchanagiri bears reference to an ancient cosmogonic concept of a pillar and a well.
Innovation and continuity: a new temple for Kala Bhairava at ... by Wessels-Mevissen, Corinna / Marg, A Magazine of the Arts
But once upon a time (my crest has long since fallen) I had a mind to make a body of more or less connected legend, ranging from the large and cosmogonic, to the level of romantic fairy-story [.
A single leaf: Tolkien's visual art and fantasy by MaCleod, Jeffrey J.; Smol, Anna / Mythlore
 
 
 
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