At the same time, the ability of the ocean to generate is realized in the appearance of the earth from it and in the presence of a mythological creature in the ocean that promotes generation or, on the contrary, zealously defends the 'old order' and prevents the beginning of the chain of births from the ocean. The ocean remains outside space even after the emergence of the land. In many ancient cosmogonic myths, the ocean and chaos are equivalent and inseparable from each other. Ĭhaos can be personified as water or by the unorganized interaction of water and fire, The transformation of chaos into order is also the transition from water to land. In some myths, its cacophony is noted, opposed to the ordered rhythm of the sea. The ocean is boundless, unordered, unorganized, amorphous, formless, dangerous, terrible. The cosmic ocean is the shape of the universe before creation. The act of creation is the establishment of an inhabitable space separate from the enveloping waters. In ancient creation texts, the primordial waters are often represented as having filled the entire universe and are the first source of the gods. The emergence of earth from water and the curbing of the global flood or underground waters are usually presented as a factor in cosmic ordering.

The concept of a watery chaos also underlies the widespread motif of the worldwide flood that took place in early times. The sky is often thought of as something like the upper sea. The primacy of the ocean in some creation myths corresponds to the cosmological model of land surrounded by the world ocean. The cosmic ocean takes form in the mythology of Ahl-e Haqq, Alevism, Ancient Egyptian, Ancient Greek, Judaism, Ancient Indian, Ancient Persian, Sumerian, and Zoroastrianism. The cosmic ocean represents or embodies chaos. From the primordial waters the earth and the entire cosmos arose.

Found in many cultures and civilizations, the cosmic ocean exists before the creation of the earth. The Cosmic Ocean Reveals Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva (opaque watercolor and gold on paper, San Diego Museum, 1835)Ī cosmic ocean, primordial waters, or celestial river is a mythological motif that represents the world or cosmos enveloped by a vast primordial ocean.

The shores of the cosmic ocean