world eggs
world eggs is the plural of world egg.
Meaning of world egg
Noun
world egg (plural world eggs)
- A mythological motif, found in the creation myths of many cultures and civilizations, of an egg from which the universe or some primordial being is "hatched".
- With this shaping of chaos into a world-egg, or earth-sphere, arises then, according to the representation of these cosmogonies, the first being, the 'first-born,' or the first man.
In Africa a Dogon myth says that in the beginning, a world egg divided into two birth sacs, containing sets of twins...1868, Johann Peter Lange, Genesis, Or, the First Book of Moses, page 181
- Synonyms:
- cosmic egg
- With this shaping of chaos into a world-egg, or earth-sphere, arises then, according to the representation of these cosmogonies, the first being, the 'first-born,' or the first man.
Questions about world eggs
- What is world eggs the plural of?
- World eggs is the plural of world egg.
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