μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Primeval darkness.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The universe. · Creation of the universe. · Creation of the universe. · view the constellation · filed as A605.1

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Attested across traditions
  • IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 12, Section CCCXLVIII receipt

    “Then Darkness spreads over the face of the universe, and nothing can be perceived. From that primal Darkness arises Brahma (endued with the principle of Creation). Darkness is primeval and fraught with immortality.”

Scholars’ trail — 3references

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  • HawaiiBeckwith Myth 312
  • Africa (Luba)Donohugh Africa V 180.
  • general S. Am. Indian (Guaraní): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 93
Within the index

Filed under Primeval chaos.

Filed beside it
Primeval cold

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