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Cosmic ocean

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A cosmic ocean or celestial river is a mythological motif found in the mythology of many cultures and civilizations, representing the world or cosmos as enveloped by primordial waters. [1]

24 relations: Abzu, Ap (water), Arche, Avestan, Chaos (cosmogony), Cosmos, Creation myth, Danava (Hinduism), Danu (Asura), Genesis creation narrative, Heh (god), Heryshaf, Mythology, Nu (mythology), Pantheon (religion), Rasā, Samudra, Sea (astronomy), Styx, Tehom, Unhcegila, Uranus (mythology), Varuna, World.

Abzu

The Abzu or Apsu (Cuneiform:, ZU.AB; Sumerian: abzu; Akkadian: apsû), also called engur (Cuneiform:, LAGAB×HAL; Sumerian: engur; Akkadian: engurru - lit., ab.

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Ap (water)

Ap is the Vedic Sanskrit term for "water", which in Classical Sanskrit only occurs in the plural, 'Varuna' or (sometimes re-analysed as a thematic singular), whence Hindi.

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Arche

Arche (ἀρχή) is a Greek word with primary senses "beginning", "origin" or "source of action".

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Avestan

Avestan, also known historically as Zend, is a language known only from its use as the language of Zoroastrian scripture (the Avesta), from which it derives its name.

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Chaos (cosmogony)

Chaos (Greek χάος, khaos) refers to the void state preceding the creation of the universe or cosmos in the Greek creation myths, or to the initial "gap" created by the original separation of heaven and earth.

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Cosmos

The cosmos is the universe.

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Creation myth

A creation myth (or cosmogonic myth) is a symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it.

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Danava (Hinduism)

In Vedic mythology, the Danavas (Balinese Hinduism Dewi Danu) were a race descending from Daksha.

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Danu (Asura)

Danu, a Hindu primordial goddess, is mentioned in the Rigveda, mother of the Danavas.

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Genesis creation narrative

The Genesis creation narrative is the creation myth of both Judaism and Christianity.

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Heh (god)

Ḥeḥ (also Huh, Hah, Hauh, Huah, Hahuh and Hehu) was the personification of infinity or eternity in the Ogdoad in Egyptian mythology.

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Heryshaf

In Egyptian mythology, Heryshaf, or Hershef, (Egyptian Ḥry-š.

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Mythology

Mythology refers variously to the collected myths of a group of people or to the study of such myths.

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Nu (mythology)

Nu (also Nenu, Nunu, Nun), feminine Naunet (also Nunut, Nuit, Nent, Nunet), is the deification of the primordial watery abyss in the Hermopolitan Ogdoad cosmogony of ancient Egyptian religion.

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Pantheon (religion)

A pantheon (from Greek πάνθεον pantheon, literally "(a temple) of all gods", "of or common to all gods" from πᾶν pan- "all" and θεός theos "god") is the particular set of all gods of any polytheistic religion, mythology, or tradition.

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Rasā

Rasa (रसा) is the name of a western tributary of the Indus in the Rigveda (verse 5.53.9).

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Samudra

Samudra(समुद्र Sanskrit or Samudradeva is god of "ocean", literally the "gathering together of waters" (- meaning "together" and -udra meaning "water". Dictionary meaning of samudra is ‘confluence’ and ‘ocean/sea’. The word has been borrowed to various languages influenced by Sanskrit, including Modern Indo-Aryan languages such as Hindi समुद्र samudra, Bengali সমুদ্র shômudrô, Gujarati સમંદર samandar, Marathi and Nepali समुद्र samudra, Punjabi ਸਮੁੰਦਰ samuṃdar, and others, like Kannada ಸಮುದ್ರ samudra, Tamil சமுத்திரம் samudraṁ Malayalam സമുദ്രം samudraṁ, Telugu సముద్రం samudram, Burmese သမုဒ္ဒရာ samuddara, Thai สมุทร sàmùt, Khmer សមុទ្រ samout, Lao ມະຫາສະຫມຸດ mahasamud, and Malay samudra.

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Sea (astronomy)

The Sea or the Water is an area of the sky in which many water-related, and few land-related, constellations occur.

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Styx

In Greek mythology, Styx (Στύξ) is a deity and a river that forms the boundary between Earth and the Underworld, often called "Hades" which is also the name of its ruler.

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Tehom

Tehom (תְּהוֹם), literally the Deep or Abyss (Greek Septuagint: ábyssos), refers to the Great Deep of the primordial waters of creation in the Bible.

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Unhcegila

In Lakota mythology, Unk Cekula (uŋȟčéǧila or uŋkčéǧila) is a serpentoid creature which was responsible for many unexplained disappearances and deaths.

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Uranus (mythology)

Uranus (Ancient Greek Οὐρανός, Ouranos meaning "sky" or "heaven") was the primal Greek god personifying the sky and one of the Greek primordial deities.

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Varuna

Varuna (IAST: वरुण, Malay: Baruna) is a Vedic deity associated first with sky, later with waters as well as with Ṛta (justice) and Satya (truth).

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World

The world is the planet Earth and all life upon it, including human civilization.

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Celestial ocean, Celestial river, Celestial waters, Cosmic Ocean, Primordial ocean, Primordial waters.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_ocean

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