This article explores creation models, or cosmogonies, as foundational cultural narratives that explain the universe’s origin and the establishment of order. Using a comparative, structuralist methodology, we analyze recurring motifs across civilizations to understand human meaning-making, not as literal history, but as sophisticated symbolic systems reflecting cultural values and cognitive maps.
Humanity has always sought to organize the universe into coherent systems. Cultural cosmology explores the symbolic, social, and psychological frameworks different civilizations use to explain existence, providing meaning and order. This field analyzes how these systems function as cognitive maps, anchoring social values within the cosmos.
Across civilizations, humanity has sought to define its place in the cosmos, projecting values and meanings onto the universe. This article explores diverse cultural cosmologies, analyzing how perceptions of time, space, and causality shape our worldviews, from ancient geocentric models to modern scientific perspectives.
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