The constellation
A632 Succession of creations and cataclysms. From the ruins of each earlier creation a new one is raised
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- Pre-existing world of gods above. Such a world is assumed before the real creation of the universe. Though this belief is not explicitly set forth in many mythologies, it seems to be implied in most of the North American Indian systems. See, for example, motif A31, Creator's grandmother · A631 entry
- Earlier universe opposite of present. Everything in the earlier world was the reverse of the present world. Cf. A855 · A633 entry
- New creation shouted away. It is unstable and therefore unsatisfactory · A636 entry