In the cosmogony as expounded in the Bundahishn, Ormazd (Ahura Mazdā) and Ahriman are separated by the void.
Religious concepts derived from a mythical cosmogony, beliefs in powerful spirit-beings, and a belief in a dualistic soul.
Mythology provided a cosmogony and cosmography of the world in which anthropomorphic animal progenitors, notably Wolf, Coyote, Rabbit, Bear, and Mountain Lion, were supposed to have lived before the human age.
There are, moreover, obvious Mesopotamian motifs in biblical cosmogony and primeval history in the early part of the Bible, and Mesopotamian place-names are the obvious bases of some of the personal names of the clan's forebears.
In 1811 he extended his cosmogony backward in time to the stage when stars had not yet begun to form out of the fluid.
The end is conceived of as the opposite of the cosmogony; it means first and foremost the origin of death but also, in a wider sense, the end of the world.
Cosmology, cosmogony, generations of kings of the lunar and solar dynasties, myths of the great ascetics (who in some respects eclipse the old gods), and myths of sacred places usually rivers and fords whose powers to reward the pilgrim are often cited and related to local legends, are all important themes in these texts.
The origin of man is usually linked immediately to the cosmogony.
Thus, healing through recitation of a cosmogony is one example of the use of myth as a magical incantation.
Puranic cosmogony greatly expands upon the complex cosmogonies of the Brahmanas, Upanishads, and epics.
The philosophy of the latter is largely a matter of cosmogony, greatly inspired by both Sankhya and Yoga teachings.
