cos·mog·o·ny
käz-ˈmä-gə-nē 
plural cosmogonies
1
: a theory of the origin of the universe
2
: the creation or origin of the world or universe
cos·mo·gon·ic
¦käz-mə-¦gä-nik
variants
or cosmogonical
or less commonly cosmogonal
(ˈ)käz-¦mä-gə-nəl
: relating to or dealing with cosmogony
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Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The mystical wellness center offers a mix of classic treatments, like massages and facials, along with unique experiences that align with the lunar cycle and draw inspiration from Mayan cosmogony.
—Joni Sweet, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
Giving up the memory practice, Jacob moved on to enumeration: listing, between turns at Risk, each reliable aspect of their new lives, no matter how trivial, hoping to piece together some rough cosmogony of the place.
—Zach Williams, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
Joe Biden is a devout Catholic, yet the shape of his speech accepting the Democratic Party’s nomination at its virtual convention was based on the cosmogony of one of Christianity’s great early rivals, Manichaeanism.
—Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020
Watching this, his first feature-length attempt at adaptive cosmogony, you’re forced to contemplate your own origins.
—Jason Kehe, Wired, 21 Aug. 2020
The mien of the Frost Giants was reflective of their symbolic role in the Norse cosmogony.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 8 Aug. 2013
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Noun
There’s a cosmogony in which the world is fashioned from the corpse of a slain giant or a protohuman, and another in which a hero, Prometheus-style, steals fire from the gods and gives it to mortals.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The mystical wellness center offers a mix of classic treatments, like massages and facials, along with unique experiences that align with the lunar cycle and draw inspiration from Mayan cosmogony.
—Joni Sweet, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
Giving up the memory practice, Jacob moved on to enumeration: listing, between turns at Risk, each reliable aspect of their new lives, no matter how trivial, hoping to piece together some rough cosmogony of the place.
—Zach Williams, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
Joe Biden is a devout Catholic, yet the shape of his speech accepting the Democratic Party’s nomination at its virtual convention was based on the cosmogony of one of Christianity’s great early rivals, Manichaeanism.
—Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020
Watching this, his first feature-length attempt at adaptive cosmogony, you’re forced to contemplate your own origins.
—Jason Kehe, Wired, 21 Aug. 2020
The mien of the Frost Giants was reflective of their symbolic role in the Norse cosmogony.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 8 Aug. 2013
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“Cosmogony.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cosmogony. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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