Myths of how the world itself came to be: the Babylonian Enuma Elish, the Japanese creation by Izanagi and Izanami, Pangu of China, Ymir of the Norse, the Dogon Nommo, the Maori separation of Rangi and Papa, the Hawaiian Kumulipo, the six days of Genesis, the Fon Mawu-Lisa and the birth of the Finnish Vainamoinen. A myth belongs here when its cited article describes the making of the cosmos. It excludes myths of the first humans.
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Wikipedia: Enūma Eliš
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Enūma Eliš (Akkadian Cuneiform: 𒂊𒉡𒈠𒂊𒇺, also spelled "Enuma Elish"), meaning "When on High", is a Babylonian creation myth (named after its opening words) from the late 2nd millennium BCE and the only complete surviving account of ancient near eastern cosmology.
Pangu (Wikipedia)
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Pangu or Pan Gu (also sometimes spelled Peng Gu and P’an-ku) (Chinese: 盤古; pinyin: Pángǔ ; PAN-koo) is a primordial being and creation figure in Chinese mythology and in Taoism.
Izanagi (Wikipedia)
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Izanagi (イザナギ/伊邪那岐/伊弉諾; Japanese pronunciation: [ì.(d͡)zä́.nä́.ɡ̟ʲí, -ŋ̟ʲí]), formally referred to with a divine honorific as Izanagi-no-Mikoto (伊邪那岐命/伊弉諾尊; [ì.(d͡)zä́.nä́.ɡ̟ʲí nó̞ mʲí.kó̞.tó̞, -ŋ̟ʲí]; meaning "He-who-invites" or the "Male-who-invites"), is the creator deity (kami) of both creation and life in Japanese mythology.
Genesis creation narrative (Wikipedia)
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The creation myth of Judaism and Christianity is found in chapters 1 and 2 of the Book of Genesis.
Kumulipo (Wikipedia)
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In Hawaiian religion, the Kumulipo is the creation chant, first recorded in the 18th century.
Nommo (Wikipedia)
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The Nommo or Nummo are primordial ancestral spirits in Dogon religion and cosmogony (sometimes referred to as demi deities) venerated by the Dogon people of Mali.
Rangi and Papa (Wikipedia)
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In Māori mythology the primal couple Rangi and Papa (or Ranginui and Papatūānuku) appear in a creation myth explaining the origin of the world and the Māori people (though there are many different versions).
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