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[Alexandr Korol]

the emergence of the cosmos from chaos. The main initial plot of most mythologies. The main category of myths. A variety of myths about origins. Inseparably linked with cosmological concepts. They begin with a description of chaos (emptiness), the absence of order in the universe, the interaction of the primordial elements. One of the embodiments of chaos, or chaos itself, is often the world ocean, the primeval waters.”

Next, regarding mythology about chaos, Wikipedia states that “Chaos (‘to open, to gape’) is the primordial state of the world in the mythology of many peoples, sometimes personified. Concepts of the era of chaos arise as a result of the development and specification of ideas about mythical time, a special initial sacred period preceding empirical (historical) ‘profane’ time.” In the “Terminology” section, it says that chaos means “void, abyss, chasm,” derived from the verb χαίνω, “to yawn, to be wide open,” and so on. “The ancients called the cosmos a cave, a garrison, a grotto...” Hesiod’s Chaos is often interpreted as a moving formless mass from which the cosmos and the gods originate... You see, this is the primordial time from which gods and the cosmos emerge. Further, it is written that “Eric Voegelin sees chaos as created out of nothing.” “In Genesis 1:2, it rather means the state before the creation of the world than the state of matter.” And then people continue to speculate with their own reasoning. “The use of the word chaos in its common meaning as ‘complete disorder or confusion’ first appeared in early modern English and initially implied a satirical exaggeration.” But this very confusion is exactly what we are dealing with today.
Ancient Greek mythology. “In the mythology of the ancient Greeks, first described by Hesiod in ‘Theogony,’ Chaos is the personification of the primordial state of the world before anything else existed (before the emergence of the ordered Universe (cosmos) with the appearance of Gaia and Eros). According to Hesiod, ‘First of all, Chaos arose.’ According to Hyginus, Chaos was born from Mist, and in marriage with Chaos, Mist gave birth to Night, Day, Erebus, and Aether.” And here we encounter twilight. It is written that “The gods who appeared alongside Chaos: Gaia (Earth), Tartarus (Abyss), Eros (Love). The gods who emerged from Chaos: Nyx (Night), Erebus (Darkness), Uranus (Sky; according to one interpretation).”
Then, for example, in ancient Egyptian mythology, it is stated: “Nun Chaos gave birth to Ra the Sun. Ra produced from himself the gods Shu Air and Tefnut Water, from whom a new pair was born – Geb Earth and Nut Sky – who became the parents of