Creation Motifs

Published on Apr 13, 2016

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Creation Motifs

Photo by Sean MacEntee

Creation Motifs

Photo by Sean MacEntee

Ex Nihilo

God or the gods create the cosmos “out of nothing,” by using thoughts or dreams

Sound

By speaking aloud, creator brings world into existence

Awakening

Photo by derpunk

Division

Primordial unity is split apart or cracked open like a “cosmic egg”

Deus Faber

God works as a craftsman
Photo by hepp

Dismemberment

The body of a god is torn apart, geographical elements formed from corpse
Photo by Mr Jaded

Divine Emission

bodily secretion: vomit, sweat, urination, defecation, web-spinning

Earth-Diver

Photo by jkirkhart35

Emergence

Through a series of increasingly evolved worlds

Conjunction

Primal elements, such as earth, wind, fire, and water, are intermingled
Photo by Rusty Russ

Pamela Stout

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