Talk:Cosmic egg

Sanskrit and Brahma
The Sanskrit compound "brahmANDa" is broken into "brahma" and "ANDa." The long "A" separating the two words breaks into a short "a" in the first, and the longa "A" of the egg word (ANDa). This is a basic Sandhi rule of Sanskrit grammar. The word "bram" is a Hindi rendering of the Sanskrit "Brahma."

The word "brahmANDa" is broken into "brahmA" and "ANDa". The word "brahmA" (with a long A) is a masculine singular form of "brahman". There is no Sanskrit word "bram".

130.64.148.177 13:16, 1 September 2006 (UTC) (moved this off the main page and into the discussion)

Merger with Cosmic egg
YES. The two articles contain complementary but interconnected information. - Frankie (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:53, 5 March 2009 (UTC).


 * Support: The fact that the intro of World egg also includes the term Cosmic egg indicates that these are highly overlapping concepts.oknazevad (talk) 13:13, 23 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Agree wshun (talk) 13:25, 25 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Agree Obviously the two articles should be merged. Cosmic egg and world egg are two names for the same concept.  However, the name of the merged article should DEFINITELY be cosmic egg since that is the more inclusive concept.  Thus it is world egg that should be merged into cosmic egg.  Keraunos (talk) 03:15, 13 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Agree Clearly. I think Cosmic Egg is the more inclusive article & should be the landing page.   mordicai. (talk) 17:10, 23 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Support. World egg and Cosmic egg should be a single article. (Also Mundane egg.)Cynwolfe (talk) 00:39, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Mundane Egg merger?
The Mundane Egg article duplicates this one. Shouldn't they be merged? Keahapana (talk) 21:01, 4 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, merge Obviously, mundane egg is just another name for world egg so it too should also be merged into cosmic egg.  Keraunos (talk) 03:23, 13 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Agree I went ahead & put the template up over there, in the meantime.  mordicai. (talk) 17:10, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Need more sensible culture references
Article says The cosmic egg concept has caught the imagination of many science fiction and fantasy writers

When it lists them these turn out to be
 * Asimov
 * Anderson
 * the creators of the Marvel Comics character Galactus
 * [the creators of] the popular Pokémon series of games

So not really that many?

Hey, I saw an episode of Family Guy the other night where Stewie was responsible for creating the Big Bang, maybe we should include that as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.74.105.50 (talk) 22:40, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

"The Beast" from Doctor Who presumably originated before time, so did Abaddon, meaning they survived the previous Universe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.108.172.44 (talk) 22:49, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

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Contentious wording: Mythology, a slur
The term 'mythology', despite being technically correct, is considered a slur in the vast majority of polytheistic communities. Its use in public sources like Wikipedia cannot be allowed. The terms should be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:246:100:9ec9:f9c2:e540:d810:52eb (talk) 01:42, 6 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Please note Wikipedia articles are WP:NOTCENSORED. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 01:54, 6 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Where are your WP:Reliable sources that it's a slur? I am aware that "myth" with regard to religion has been contentious on Wikipedia. But like the Creation myth article states, "While in popular usage the term myth often refers to false or fanciful stories, members of cultures often ascribe varying degrees of truth to their creation myths." The World egg article that you are WP:Edit warring over is about a mythological motif, and the article is about myths. And yet, in the article, you are changing titles that use "mythology" to "tradition", which can be argued as POV just like you consider "mythology" to be POV. You should stick to what the sources call the matter, and with WP:Due weight. Notice that we have a Greek mythology article; the article is not titled "Greek tradition." WP:LABEL states, "Avoid myth in its informal sense, and establish the scholarly context for any formal use of the term." The term does have appropriate context in this article. And it uses the term "mythology" rather stating "myths." Before I showed up to revert you, you tried to change "mythology" to "folklore," but were reverted by Þjarkur. I don't see how "folklore" would be better...considering that the term folklore is often taken to mean myth or unscientific hearsay passed down by the ages. The Myth article states that a myth "is a folklore genre consisting of narratives that play a fundamental role in society, such as foundational tales." And we all know that tale is often (or most commonly) taken to mean "made up or "imaginary." All that stated, I also see the word tradition used in the article (meaning text that was not added by you).


 * I'll alert Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Religion to this matter. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 02:01, 6 February 2019 (UTC) Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 02:23, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
 * We don't need to pull a sea lion on this, but that "myth" would be a slur is silly, a comment that you only hear from, for instance, fundamentalist Christians who wish to take their scriptures literally (at least the ones they like). Drmies (talk) 15:15, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

It's evident this site isn't a place of tolerance. Thank you for showing me so, and I hope that you all understand exactly what you support. You will be judged accordingly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:246:100:9ec9:d429:aa1b:43ae:1437 (talk • contribs).

Shorten section names
Adding the word "mythology" to the end of almost all the section names makes the TOC difficult to read. Since most of these seem to be tied to a religious tradition, maybe they can be shortened to "In ____ism"? Examples: Jroberson108 (talk) 10:03, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
 * "Vedic mythology" > "In Hinduism"
 * "Illyrian mythology" > "In Orphism"
 * "Zoroastrian mythology" > "In Zoroastrianism"
 * "Modern mythology" + "In modern cosmology" > "In modern culture"
 * "Modern mythology" + "In modern cosmology" > "In modern culture"

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