He was made the ruler of the deities and passed the scepter to Nyx. He also created the method of creation by mingling. As she created nighttime, he created daytime. His older wife Nyx called him Protogenus. Phanes was believed to have been hatched from the World-Egg of Chronos ( Time) and Ananke ( Necessity) or Nyx ( Night). Many threads of earlier myths are apparent in the new tradition. The egg is often depicted with a serpent wound around it. The Orphic Egg in the ancient Greek Orphic tradition is the cosmic egg from which hatched the primordial hermaphroditic deity Phanes/Protogonus ( variously equated also with Zeus, Pan, Metis, Eros, Erikepaios and Bromius) who in turn created the other gods. The Rig Veda has a similar coded description of the division of the universe in its early stages. The Upanishads elaborate that the Hiranyagarbha floated around in emptiness for a while, and then broke into two halves which formed Dyaus ( Heaven) and Prithvi ( Earth). This primordial world, enveloped by the All-pervading power of One Before whom the world of matter is a trifle became One (that is, came into existence) Through the force of His intense activity and spiritual fervour.The Rig Veda ( RV 10.121) uses a similar name for the source of the universe: Hiranyagarbha which literally means “ golden fetus” or “ golden womb“. The Rig Veda says: "In the beginning there was darkness, Intensified darkness, indistinguishable darkness, All the visible world was reduced to its primordial nature. Prajapati symbolised creative radiance, and then there was light where earlier, only darkness prevailed. Molecules formed, and they interplayed with atoms and elements, giving rise to more heat in the form of self-luminous vapour. " Once the golden womb yielded to the Creation process, heat or energy was generated. Only the Existent One breathed calmly, self-contained. What then enshrouded all this universe? In the receptacle of what was it contained? Then there was neither death nor immortality, Then there was neither day, nor night, nor light, nor darkness. A verse in the Rig Veda describes the concept thus: "In the beginning, there was neither nought nor aught Then there was neither sky nor atmosphere above. Creation has been described as Existence or 'Sat' and it is born of Non-existence or 'Asat', possibly the dark void in which the Hiranyagarbha floated before releasing the Universe. As the Lord of all created beings, the Sun or Savitr is also called Prajapati. In this context the Sun is referred to as the soul or Atman of all Creation, the Lord of all that moves and stands. A verse in the Atharva Veda describes the beginning thus: "In the beginning was Hiranyagarbha, The seed of elemental existence, The only Lord of all that was born, He upheld the heaven and earth together, To what God other than Him, could we dedicate our life?" The Hiranyagarbha is also equated with the life-giving Sun, an important agent of generation. The Hiranyagarbha Sukta in the Rig Veda, the Vayu Purana, Bhagavata Purana and Brahmanda Purana mention the golden womb, the Hiranyagarbha or Brahmanda, the Cosmic Egg - that is sometimes interpreted as the golden foetus or embryo - that, floating in a dark void, contracted and gave birth to the universe and all that's part of it - containing both male and female principles in union. One of the earliest stories of how the universe came into being is found in the Rig Veda. Hinduism is rich in the mythology of beginnings, and stories range from the philosophical to the material. Creation stories abound in all cultural and religious traditions, worldwide.
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