cosmogonical
- a word derived from cosmogony.
Example Sentences
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They have to be noticed in passing, because they were involved in the development of the cosmogonical ideas which took place in the eleventh and twelfth centuries A.D.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
In the cosmogonical myths of the Muyscas this was the home or source of Light, and was a name applied to the demiurgic force.
From American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent by Brinton, Daniel Garrison
But Mr. Gladstone informs us that Professor Dana and Professor Guyot are prepared to prove that the "first or cosmogonical portion of the Proem not only accords with, but teaches, the nebular hypothesis."
From Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions by Huxley, Thomas H.
Their cosmogonical connexion has already been referred to in a previous chapter.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
This is one of those indefinable mythic personages who are found in the ancient traditions of many nations, and in whom cosmogonical or astronomical notions are generally figured.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
