Editing Cosmic egg (section)

== Egyptian mythology ==
The [[ancient Egypt]]ians accepted multiple creation myths as valid, including those of the [[Hermopolis (Lower Egypt)|Hermopolitan]], [[Heliopolis (ancient Egypt)|Heliopolitan]], and [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphite]] theologies. The cosmic egg myth can be found from Hermopolitus. Although the site, located in [[Middle Egypt]], currently sports a name deriving from the name of the god [[Hermes]], the ancient Egyptians called it Khemnu, or “Eight-Town.” The number eight, in turn, refers to the [[Ogdoad (Egyptian)|Ogdoad]], a group of eight gods who are the main characters in the Hermopolitan creation myth. Four of these gods are male, and have the heads of frogs, and the other four are female with the heads of serpents. These eight existed in the primordial, chaotic water that pre-existed the rest of creation. At some point these eight gods, in one way or another, bring about the formation of a cosmic egg, although variants of the myth describe the origins of the egg in different ways. In any case, the egg in turn gives rise to the deity who forms the rest of the world as well as the first land to arise out of the primordial waters, called the primeval mound. When the mound appeared, a lotus blossom bloomed to signal the birth of the sun god, after which the formation of the rest of creation could finally proceed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-13 |title=Ancient Egyptian Creation Myths: From Watery Chaos to Cosmic Egg |url=https://www.glencairnmuseum.org/newsletter/2021/7/13/ancient-egyptian-creation-myths-from-watery-chaos-to-cosmic-egg |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=Glencairn Museum |language=en-US}}</ref>