| It has a cosmogonic function, in that it rouses dormant energies which them may shape the world. |
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| Such a cosmogonic extravagance appeared to diminish the magnificence of the created order in our own world. |
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| Instead, cosmogonic myths are concerned with origins in the sense of the foundation or validity of the world as it is. |
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| It must be noted that the Indian cosmogonic and astronomical systems, while developing independently of western systems, bear remarkable affinities with the latter. |
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| In so far as tikkun was the interest of individuals only, speculations were limited to a return to cosmogonic principles. |
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| More thorough recent study, however, distinguishes between epics and cosmogonic accounts. |
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| The cosmogonic power of water has been a major theme of many ancient accounts of human origin. |
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| And it seems to him then as if, at some grim signal, what he had really known all the time had been relentlessly shown him, the ancient cosmogonic jest, the old unredeemed treachery. |
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| Inspired by the cosmogonic notions of earlier poets such as Hesiod and Homer, the pre-Socratics were preoccupied with questions about the origin and ultimate nature of the universe. |
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| All cosmogonic accounts have certain formal features in common. |
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| Possibly the oldest among Indian systems, Samkhyan ideas have been found in the cosmogonic hymns of the Rig-Veda, parts of the Atharvaveda, and in the Upanisads. |
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| In each instance cultures attempt to address originating cosmogonic myths. |
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