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Definition of Cosmogonic
1. Adjective. Pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe. "Cosmogonic theories of the origin of the universe"
Partainyms: Cosmogeny, Cosmogony, Cosmogony, Cosmology, Cosmology
Derivative terms: Cosmogony, Cosmogony, Cosmology, Cosmology
Definition of Cosmogonic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to cosmogony. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cosmogonic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cosmogonic
Literary usage of Cosmogonic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"THE cosmogonic GODS OK THE IROQUOIS. By JNB HEWITT, Bureau of Ethnology, Washington,
DC WITH the exception of that of the learned ..."
2. Creation, Or, The Biblical Cosmogony in the Light of Modern Science by Arnold Guyot (1884)
"SECOND cosmogonic DAY. WORK.—Organization of the Heavens. And God said, "Let
there be an ... THIRD cosmogonic DAY. FIRST WORK.—a. Formation of the Earth. ..."
3. The Origin of the Earth by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1916)
"CHAPTER II VESTIGES OF cosmogonic STATES AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE There was a time
when that part of the history of the earth which antedates human records ..."
4. Myth, Ritual and Religion by Andrew Lang (1887)
"CHAPTER X. GREEK cosmogonic MYTHS. Nature of the evidence—Traditions of origin
... THE authorities for Greek cosmogonic myth are extremely various in date, ..."
5. Myth, Ritual and Religion by Andrew Lang (1901)
"CHAPTER X. GREEK cosmogonic MYTHS. Nature of the evidence—Traditions of origin
of the world and man- Homeric, Hesiodic and Orphic myths—Later evidence of ..."
6. Traditions of the Skidi Pawnee by George Amos Dorsey (1904)
"cosmogonic. DISPERSION OF THE GODS AND THE FIRST PEOPLE.1 beginning heaven and
earth the gods in the sky, as Stars, SWB, >, as ministers of the Evening Star ..."
7. Memoirs of the American Folk-lore Society by American Folklore Society (1904)
"... under the heading " cosmogonic," are included such tales as relate to origins,
rituals, especial ceremonies, or to the life beyond the grave. ..."
8. The Mythology of All Races by Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, John Arnott MacCulloch (1918)
"CHAPTER IV SOME COSMIC AND cosmogonic MYTHS I. THE CREATION OF THE WORLD AND OF
MEN THE fullest text about the creation of the world is a hymn which is ..."
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