creation myth

symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it
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creation myth

Summary

creation myth has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • creation myth is a type of myth of origins[2].
  • creation myth is a type of literary genre[3].
  • creation myth's Commons category is recorded as Creation[4].
  • creation myth's said to be the same as is recorded as cosmogonical myth[5].
  • creation myth's said to be the same as is recorded as Q31081156[6].
  • creation myth's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Creation myths[7].
  • creation myth's main subject is origin[8].
  • creation myth's facet of is recorded as origin of life[9].
  • creation myth's facet of is recorded as creation[10].
  • creation myth's facet of is recorded as cosmogony[11].
  • creation myth's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • creation myth's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[13].
  • creation myth's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
  • creation myth's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[15].
  • creation myth's partially coincident with is recorded as origin of language[16].
  • creation myth's has list is recorded as list of creation myths[17].
  • creation myth's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Narration[18].
  • creation myth's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include myth of origins[2] and literary genre[3].

Influence

Things named for creation myth include Anno Mundi[20].

Why It Matters

creation myth has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Entities named for it include Anno Mundi[20].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Obscuraa · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orthodox encyclopedia id 2875625
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P5002]]: 2875625"
  2. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0000387-stvoreni-sveta
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0000387-stvoreni-sveta, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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