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Jacob Bryant's Orphic Egg (1774) with Ananke. In Orphic theogonies, the Orphic Egg is a cosmic egg from which hatched the primordial hermaphroditic deity Phanes/Protogonus (variously equated also with Zeus, Pan, Metis, Eros, Erikepaios and Bromius), who in turn created the other gods. [26] The egg is often depicted with the serpent-like ...
The cosmic egg, world egg or mundane egg is a mythological motif found in the cosmogonies of many cultures and civilizations, including in Proto-Indo-European mythology. [1] Typically, there is an egg which, upon "hatching", either gives rise to the universe itself or gives rise to a primordial being who, in turn, creates the universe.
The Orphic cosmogony is quite unlike the creation sagas offered by Homer and Hesiod. Scholars have suggested that Orphism is "un-Greek", even "Asiatic", in conception because of its inherent dualism. [3] Chronos is said to have created the silver egg of the universe out of which burst the first-born deity Phanes, or Phanes-Dionysus. [4]
Orphic poetry (c. 530 BCE) made Nyx the first principle, Night, and her offspring were many. Also, in the Orphic tradition, Phanes, a mystic Orphic deity of light and procreation, sometimes identified with Eros, is the original ruler of the universe, who hatched from the cosmic egg. [26]
The Greco-Roman tradition of prima materia, notably including the 5th- and 6th-century Orphic cosmogony, was merged with biblical notions in Christianity and inherited by alchemy and Renaissance magic. [citation needed] The cosmic egg of Orphism was taken as the raw material for the alchemical magnum opus in early Greek
5 Egg Myths Dispelled By An Expert, Plus Tips For Every Egg Lover. But, said London, "that whole narrative really softened" in 2015 because the data "didn't bear itself out."
In Orphic mythology, Ananke is a self-formed being who emerged at the dawn of creation with an incorporeal, serpentine form, her outstretched arms encompassing the cosmos. Ananke and Chronos are mates, mingling together in serpent form as a tie around the universe.
5 Egg Myths Dispelled By An Expert, Plus Tips For Every Egg Lover. LSU's new water-based dissolving process takes 15 minutes, Gao said. "So that really helps to save time and save energy when you ...