Cosmogony
28 books available
An account of the origin and ordering of the universe. It establishes the structure of time, space, and causation that later myths and rites presuppose.
Enuma Elish
Anonymous
1100-1000 BCE
Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Popol Vuh
Anonymous
1554-1703 CE
Mesoamerican, Mayan
Kojiki
O no Yasumaro
712 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Nihon Shoki
Prince Toneri
720 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Baal Cycle
Anonymous
1300 BCE
Levantine, Ugaritic
Atrahasis
Anonymous
1700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Huainanzi
Liu An
139-122 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Iroquois Creation Cycles
Anonymous
1600-1800 CE
Native American, Iroquois
Kumulipo
Anonymous
1700-1800 CE
Pacific, Hawaiian
Bundahishn
Anonymous
800-1200 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Greater Bundahishn
Anonymous
800-1100 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Lesser Bundahishn
Anonymous
800-1200 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Book of the Heavenly Cow
Anonymous
1290-1150 BCE
Egyptian
Matsya Purana
Anonymous
500-1200 CE
Indian, Hindu
Eridu Genesis
Anonymous
1700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Diné Bahaneʼ
Anonymous
1984 CE
Native American, Navajo
The Books of the Sky
Anonymous
1292-1070 BCE
Egyptian
Agni Purana
Anonymous
600-1100 CE
Indian, Hindu
Brahma Purana
Anonymous
300-1000 CE
Indian, Hindu
Brahmanda Purana
Anonymous
300-1000 CE
Indian, Hindu
Kurma Purana
Anonymous
700-1200 CE
Indian, Hindu
Leyenda de los Soles
Anonymous
1600-1700 CE
Mesoamerican, Aztec
Enki and Ninhursag
Anonymous
2000-1500 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
The Lore of the Whare-Wānanga
H. T. Whatahoro Jury
1865-1915 CE
Pacific, Maori