Editing Cosmic egg (section)

== Hindu mythology ==
{{main|Hiranyagarbha}}In one Vedic myth recorded in the [[Jaiminiya Brahmana|Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa]], the earliest phase of the cosmos involves a primordial ocean out of which an egg arose. Once the egg split, it began the process of forming heaven (out of the upper part) and earth (out of the lower part) over the course of one hundred divine years. Another text, the [[Shatapatha Brahmana|Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa]], also has the sequence of a primordial ocean and then an egg, but this time, the god [[Prajapati]] emerges from the egg after one year. He creates the cosmos and then the gods and antigods from his speech and breath. The [[Rigveda]] speaks of a golden embryo (called the ''hiraṇyagarbha'') which is located on a "high waters" out of which all else develops. Finally, a version of the story appears in the [[Chandogya Upanishad|Chāndogya Upaniṣad]].{{Sfn|Witzel|2012|p=121–122}}[[Image:HinducosmoMap3.svg|thumb|Vivasvan, Rahu, Bhūmi, Naraka, Ananta, Garbhodaksayi Vishnu|150px]]

[[Image:Hinducosm Map1.svg|thumb|This is one of many material universes, Brahmandas, which expand from Mahavishnu when He breathes.|150px|alt=One Brahmanda]]