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Old 08-20-2010, 04:53 AM   #478
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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt View Post
I think it's a fairly common theme to all creation myths, that at the beginning, there was chaos, things were not separated, everything was the same, things were not clearly identified and in their rightful place. Then something happened to separate the formless matter into earth, water, air...

In Egyptian mythology, the primeval chaos is still here, and one of the functions of religion (and of the King) is to perform the rituals that ensure the world does not return to chaos.
Luckily we do not refer to them for chirurgical technology and weather forecast.
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