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    • 1 Thesis
    • 2 Definitions
    • 3 Exposition
    • 4 First Things: Cosmogony
    • 5 Time After Time
    • 6 From Creation To Catastrophe
    • 7 Order Out Of Chaos
    • 8 Traits, Tropes & Themes
    • 9 Macrocosm To Microcosm
    • 10 Astronomical: Theogony
    • 11 Geophysical: Geogony
    • 12 Ethnological: Anthropogony
    • 13 Cosmogonic Causal Chains
    • 14 As Above, So Below
    • 15 Foregone Ages Past
    • 16 Forthcoming Future Ages
    • 17 Second Thoughts
    • 18 But Who's Counting?
    • 19 From Myth To History
    • 20 Cycles Of Recurrence
  • The Jupiter Myth
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 w/ the popular folk beliefs
& primitive religious rites
prevalent among ancestral cultures
from Neolithic times down to the early Iron age.
* 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
& manifestly expressed in all aspects 
of their customary practices
& routine ways of life.
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  • Home
  • Myths of Creation
    • 1 Thesis
    • 2 Definitions
    • 3 Exposition
    • 4 First Things: Cosmogony
    • 5 Time After Time
    • 6 From Creation To Catastrophe
    • 7 Order Out Of Chaos
    • 8 Traits, Tropes & Themes
    • 9 Macrocosm To Microcosm
    • 10 Astronomical: Theogony
    • 11 Geophysical: Geogony
    • 12 Ethnological: Anthropogony
    • 13 Cosmogonic Causal Chains
    • 14 As Above, So Below
    • 15 Foregone Ages Past
    • 16 Forthcoming Future Ages
    • 17 Second Thoughts
    • 18 But Who's Counting?
    • 19 From Myth To History
    • 20 Cycles Of Recurrence
  • The Jupiter Myth