The Universe from an Egg: Creation Narratives in the Ancient Indian and Greek Texts

Fiona Mitchell

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Indian Ocean in Antiquity: Political, Cultural and Economic Impacts
EditorsMatthew Adam Cobb
PublisherRoutledge
Chapter9
ISBN (Print)978-1138738263
Publication statusPublished - 23 Aug 2018

Keywords

  • Greece
  • India
  • creation narrative
  • cosmogony
  • cosmology
  • egg
  • Orphic
  • Orphic theogonies
  • Aristophanes
  • Rigveda
  • Vishnu Purana
  • Matsya Purana
  • Laws of Manu
  • ancient literature

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Classics
  • Language and Linguistics
  • Religious studies

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