Cosmic egg
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The cosmic egg, world egg or mundane egg is a mythological motif found in the cosmogonies of many cultures and civilizations, including in Proto-Indo-European mythology. Typically, there is an egg which, upon "hatching", either gives rise to the universe itself or gives rise to a primordial being who, in turn, creates the universe.
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[edit]- Verily, in the beginning this [world] was water… The waters desired a way to be reproduced… When they were heated up a golden egg was produced… In a year’s time… Prajapati [=Lord of creatures, Creator-god] was produced therein... He broke open this egg.
- Satapatha Brahmana SB XI 1, 6, 1-2, Quoted from Kazanas, N. (2009). Indo-Aryan origins and other Vedic issues. Chapter 8
