Licked into being by primeval supercow5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() On the other, they represent limitless potential, the creator’s blank slate for his impending creation. On one hand, they signify a muddled state without the predictable patterns and cycles of the universe, the antithesis of creation and order. The primeval waters across creation myths often appear to have a twofold nature. The primeval waters of chaos, although defeated, stood in opposition to Maat, and myths of their chaotic churnings served as a reminder of the constant threat of disorder against the established order guarded by the Pharaoh. The Pyramid Texts, the Egyptian religious texts inscribed within the 5th-8th-dynasty pyramids at Saqqara, relate that Ra, by descending upon and calming the waters, “put order in the place of chaos”.įor the Egyptians, order was synonymous with Maat, the highly regarded concept of truth and justice, and by subduing the waters, Ra established the supremacy of Maat. With the arrival of the prime god or gods often came order, suggesting that the natural patterns and cycles of creation were believed to have been apportioned or maintained by a divine, creative hand. ![]() Ta’aroa, the supreme deity of Polynesia, creator of the world.
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