英语词汇“mundane egg”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

mundane egg n. (in Indian and other cosmogonies) a primordial egg from which the world was hatched.

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the world > the universe > [noun] > origin > specific

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fortuitous concourse of atomsa1676

mundane egg1684

1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth ii. 280 The opinion of the oval figure of the earth is ascrib'd to Orpheus and his disciples; and the doctrine of the mundane egg is so peculiarly his, that 'tis call'd by Proclus the Orphick egg.

1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 228 The mundane, or as Proclus calls it, the orphick egg, is possibly the earliest of all methods taken to explain the rise, progress, and final conclusion of our earth and atmosphere.

1872 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 75/2 The yolk is the earth, and the arched shell is the sky. In India this is the mundane egg of Brahma.

1957 Mod. Lang. Notes 72 571 The ark, the dove, the sun and moon, the mundane egg—these and kindred archetypal symbols informed the true meaning of heathen mythology.

单词	mundane egg
释义	> as lemmas mundane egg mundane egg n. (in Indian and other cosmogonies) a primordial egg from which the world was hatched. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > [noun] > origin > specific abyssa1398 chaos1531 fortuitous concourse of atomsa1676 mundane egg1684 1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth ii. 280 The opinion of the oval figure of the earth is ascrib'd to Orpheus and his disciples; and the doctrine of the mundane egg is so peculiarly his, that 'tis call'd by Proclus the Orphick egg. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 228 The mundane, or as Proclus calls it, the orphick egg, is possibly the earliest of all methods taken to explain the rise, progress, and final conclusion of our earth and atmosphere. 1872 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 75/2 The yolk is the earth, and the arched shell is the sky. In India this is the mundane egg of Brahma. 1957 Mod. Lang. Notes 72 571 The ark, the dove, the sun and moon, the mundane egg—these and kindred archetypal symbols informed the true meaning of heathen mythology. extracted from mundaneadj.n. < as lemmas
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