Myths of the Early Dynastic Period
Heliopolis cosmogonic myth
Memphis cosmogonic myth
Hermopolis Cosmogonic Myth
Theban cosmogonic myth
Private cosmogonic myths
- Elephantine cosmogony
- Heracleopolitan cosmogony
- Cosmogonic myth in the monotheistic religion of the god Aton
- Cosmogonic myth of the Ptolemaic dynasty times
The chief gods of the Sumerians
Sumerian cosmogonic myth
Babylonian cosmogonic myth
Avesta Cosmogonic Myth
Cosmogonic myths in the book of Bundahishn (Universe)
Zervanist cosmogonic myth (III - IV centuries A.D.)
Indian mythology
Read more: Myths about the creation of the world and man across cultures
In Egyptian, as in many other mythologies, there were several versions of the creation of the world, depending on the time and place of creation. Each of them was based on its own supreme creator-gods, creators of the world and gods. At the same time, all cosmogonic myths, as a rule, were united by the common idea of the emergence of all things from chaos and waters immersed in darkness, which were illuminated and dried by the light or the sun god. At the same time, in ancient Egyptian myths about the creation of the world it was the sun god who was born first and after that created the luminaries, the earth, other gods, people and animals.
The oldest cosmogonic myths of the Early Dynastic period retain traces of totemic ideas, and the gods were depicted with the heads of birds and animals.
According to the first cosmogonic myth, created at the end of the IV millennium BC, as a result of the union of the earth god Geb and the sky goddess Nut, the sun god Ra was born. In this case, the sky goddess Nut gave birth to the god Ra every morning, and then “swallowed” the evening Sun and at night hid or him.
Read more: Cosmogonic and anthropogonic myths of ancient Egypt
