Across the world’s various cultures and civilizations, there was always a firm belief that humans – and the world that they dwell in – had some sort of supernatural origins. These beliefs were the core, the foundation of identity of each different civilization – and they were sometimes rather odd. Great celestial beings, gods of a primordial world, were said to have fashioned our planet in various unique ways, forming humans in their own image. This is a universal theme of many such beliefs, and some similar stories still exist today. However, with Christianity becoming the world’s foremost religion, many creation myths are nearly forgotten. Let’s prevent this by discovering the ten wildest creation myths in history!
1.The Primal Cosmic Egg in Earliest Hindu Myths
The theme of the Cosmic Egg is found in many ancient civilizations. From the Polynesians, Finnish, to the Greek and Phoenicians, the theme was present in one way or the other. But perhaps the best-known version of this creation myth comes from Hinduism, and the old Vedic myths.
There, it is known as the Hiraṇyagarbha, or the Golden Womb, and is described as a primordial golden egg from which the whole of the universe came to be. The Hiraṇyagarbha floated in the pitch-black emptiness of the non-existence for a single year, before it broke into two halves, each one becoming a realm – the Svarga and the Prithvi. The cosmic egg is thus the source of all life and creation. Many modern scholars point out the clear connection between…
