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Noun Concept
Categories: Cultural anthropology, Cosmogony, Literary concepts, All articles needing additional references, Articles with short description
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origin myth  cosmogonical myth  myth of origins  Foundational myth  aition
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An origin myth is a type of myth that explains the beginnings of a natural or social aspect of the world. Wikipedia
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An origin myth is a type of myth that explains the beginnings of a natural or social aspect of the world. Wikipedia
A story or explanation that describes the beginning of some feature of the natural or social world Wikipedia Disambiguation
Myths that describe the ordering of the cosmos from a state of chaos or amorphousness Wikidata
Myth that purports to describe the origin of some feature of the natural or social world Wikidata
IS A
literary genre
myth
origin myth
HAS PART
Archegetes
HAS KIND
Creation
country origin myth
origin myth
HAS INSTANCE
Tower of Babel
Flower Sermon
confusion of tongues
Andrianerinerina
AZ
Alaş xan
+1 relations
FACET OF
religion
SAID TO BE THE SAME AS
Creation
Wikipedia
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origin myth
Wikidata
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cosmogonical myth, myth of origins
Wikipedia Redirections
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aition, eponymous ancestor, eponymous founder, etiological myth, foundation myth, foundation stories, foundation story, Foundational myth, Foundational Myth, foundational story, founding legend, founding myth, Founding story, Legendary founder, myth of origin, myth of origins, Origin Myth, origin myths
Wikidata Alias
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aition, cosmogonic myth, etiological myth, founding myth, origin myth

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