μῦθοι Mythoi
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How the earth became oblong. God the Father situated on one side of the earth, the Son on the otherMaking the earth smaller. Earth made too large. God learns from devil by trickery how to make it smallerMaking the earth larger. Gradually extended during creation. See references to A812 in which this idea is always involvedOpposite of present. Everything on the earth – courses of rivers, height of mountains, human reproduction, etc. – are at first the reverse of the present conditionHardening of the earth. At first it is soft, but is hardened by sun's raysSteadying the earth

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