MYTHS  OF  CREATION

2.   Definitions 

*  M Y T H O - 
from the Greek μῦθος :
‘Word of mouth or
folk storytelling 
tradition’

- P O E I C *
​from the Greek ποιέω :
‘To make, produce or
give rise to; as in 
the composition of poetry’

M Y T H O P O E I C

By Mythopoeic I mean:
the same understanding denoted by the ancient Greek (cpd adj.) μυθοποιος (muthopoios):— Myth-making, or the typical mode of mythical thinking associated with the popular folk beliefs and primitive religious rites prevalent among ancestral cultures, from Neolithic times down to the early Iron age.

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* C O S M O -
​from the Greek κόσμος :
'The world or universe
​as an ordered system'

​- V I S I O N *
from the Latin vīsiō :
'Seeing, or 
point of view'

C O S M O V I S I O N

By Cosmovision I mean:
a commonly-held worldview or understanding about the nature of the cosmos, central to the specific cultural mindset shared by a large or small group of people, and manifestly expressed in all aspects of their customary practices and routine ways of life.

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