Mythus originum

Mythus originum est fabula quae origines cuiusdam proprietatis mundi naturalis vel socialis describere valet. Grave mythi originum genus est mythus cosmogonicus, qui initium mundi describit. Multis autem culturis sunt fabulae quae tempora post tempus mythi cosmogoni exponuntur, quae origines rerum naturalium et institutorum humanorum intra universum antea exstantium designant.

Mythus Islandiae conditae: adventus Ingólfr Arnarson, primi coloni Norvegici, in futurum Reykiavicae locum. Tabula a Ioanne Petro Raadsig anno 1850 picta.

In litteris classicis Occidentalibus, vocabulum aition (ex Graeco αἴτιον 'causa') aliquando ad mythum adhibetur qui originem explanat, praecipue quomodo res vel mores esse coeperunt. . . .

Mythus fundamentorum

Discrepantia mythorum fundamentorum Romanorum exempla sunt Vergilii Aeneis et popularis Romuli et Remi cultus.

Nexus interni

• Aetiologia
• Creatio
• Demiurgismus
• Liber Genesis
• Kojiki
• Lech, Cech et Rus
• Mythologia comparativa
• Mythus initii
• Mythus nationalis
• Paradisus (mythologia Iudaica)
• Shambhala
• Theogonia

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