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The Original Story - A Sinnoh Myth

Aura Cobalt

Aura Cobalt

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In the beginning, there was only
a churning turmoil of chaos.
At the heart of chaos, where all
things became one, appeared an egg.
Having tumbled from the vortex, the
Egg gave rise to the Original One.
From itself, two beings the Original
One did make.
Time started to spin.
Space began to expand.
From itself again, three living things
the Original One did make.
The two beings wished, and from them,
matter came to be.
The three living things wished, and
from them, spirit came to be.
The world created, the Original One
took to unyielding sleep...
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Pokemon mythology is pretty crazy, isn't it? How could order come out of chaos?
 
Sometimes, chaos gets lucky. Forms a sort of pattern, so to speak.

Chaos can shift. And order can shift. But chaos can't understand.
 
When order observes chaos, it can draw out a lot of information. But that requires that there be other patterns.

And then, order can decide what to do. It can figure things out.
 
Pokemon mythology is pretty crazy, isn't it? How could order come out of chaos?
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The "at first the whole universe was this big empty void of chaos, then something else happened" part is pretty much borrowed directly from... a whole lot of different real-world mythologies.

Apparently Chinese mythology's version of the story even includes an egg appearing out of the chaos, which eventually "hatches" into the universe as we know it (killing the creator-god inside it in the process, at which point the story goes into the whole "parts of the first god(s) turn into different landmarks in our world" thing that also shows up in about a gazillion different mythologies.)
 
FnrrfYgmSchnish said:
The "at first the whole universe was this big empty void of chaos, then something else happened" part is pretty much borrowed directly from... a whole lot of different real-world mythologies.

Apparently Chinese mythology's version of the story even includes an egg appearing out of the chaos, which eventually "hatches" into the universe as we know it (killing the creator-god inside it in the process, at which point the story goes into the whole "parts of the first god(s) turn into different landmarks in our world" thing that also shows up in about a gazillion different mythologies.)
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There is also a version (Slavic mythology, i think) in whichthe original god somehow appears in the chaos, makes a ball out of something, crushes it, it explodes and becomes the universe. Then the god goes to sleep in the sun and his son carries him over the sky in some kind of vehicle. In the end, the chaos takes over again, the original god awakens, makes a ball etc etc.
 
FnrrfYgmSchnish said:
The "at first the whole universe was this big empty void of chaos, then something else happened" part is pretty much borrowed directly from... a whole lot of different real-world mythologies.
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On a serious note it most certainly not uncommon to hear such tales of "order out of chaos" throughout almost all world mythologies as you have stated - indeed, one may find similarities of such events in texts from Ovid's Metamorphoses to Huron creation myths, albeit the "chaos" in question is displayed in various ways relating to what the people and their associate mythos in question may consider chaos. Chaos in the context of this creation story is simply general in itself. It is interesting to note such similarities between the myths of various separate peoples - but perhaps that is a result of humans understanding the world in different ways through the same cognitive processes.

Karkat Vantas said:
Hey guys, why is Greenland icy and Iceland green?

Seems like a pretty stupid idea for a name.
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If I am correct, Greenland was named as such in an attempt to encourage the immigration of Icelandic and other Nordic settlers. At the time of this event regardless the world was in a period that may be considered a tad warmer than present - hence the general reason why some theories consider Vinland to be farther north than grape vines may grow in present.
 
sreservoir said:
you move the chaos elsewhere.
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If you leave chaos for long enough, it will eventually generate some sort of pattern or order. Or, in other words, infinite monkeys typing on infinite typewriters will eventually type Hamlet.
 
the rest of it is still chaos, though. or, really, all of it is still chaos, even if seems ordered.

chaos doesn't like to lock itself into any particular option.
 
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