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Separation of heaven and earth — Wikipedia (en)

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The separation of heaven and earth is a cross-cultural creation myth event. The separation serves the role of differentiating the chaotic, undifferentiated cosmos (sometimes interpreted as a universal cosmic ocean) into coherent and organized parts. The mechanics and cause differ from one story to another, but is usually either a spontaneous process, or a result of the agency of a deity. In ancient Near Eastern texts, the original mass that is separated is a solid in older Sumerian literature, but becomes a water in younger Akkadian literature (such as the Enuma Elish). Sumerian literature mentions the separation event most frequently than any other.

Tema degli esploratori: fisica e astronomia (deposito sistematico; ricerca «cosmology»).
Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «Separation of heaven and earth» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_heaven_and_earth
Wikidata Q135005393 (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135005393
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