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-Fifth-century [[Orphism|Orphic]] cosmogony had a "Womb of Darkness" in which the Wind lay a ''[[World egg|Cosmic Egg]]'' whence [[Eros]] was hatched, who set the universe [[primum movens|in motion]].+:"Fifth-century [[Orphism (religion)|Orphic]] cosmogony had a "[[Womb of Darkness]]" in which the Wind lay a ''[[World egg|Cosmic Egg]]'' whence [[Eros]] was hatched, who set the universe [[primum movens|in motion]]."--Sholem Stein
-== See also ==+ 
-* [[Hiranyagarbha]]+The '''Orphic Egg''' in the Ancient Greek [[Orphism (religion)|Orphic tradition]] is the [[World egg|cosmic egg]] from which hatched the primordial [[Hermaphrodite|hermaphroditic]] deity [[Phanes (mythology)|Phanes]]/Protogonus (variously equated also with [[Zeus]], [[Pan (mythology)|Pan]], [[Metis (mythology)|Metis]], [[Eros]], [[Erikepaios]] and [[Bromius]]) who in turn created the other gods. The egg is often depicted with a serpent wound about it.
-* [[brahmanda Purana|Brahmanda]]+==See also==
-* [[Brahma]]+* [[Jacob Bryant|Jacob Bryant's]] [[Orphic Egg]] (1774)
-* [[Cosmic egg]]+
-* [[Phanes (mythology)]]+
-* [[Orphic egg]]+
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"Fifth-century Orphic cosmogony had a "Womb of Darkness" in which the Wind lay a Cosmic Egg whence Eros was hatched, who set the universe in motion."--Sholem Stein

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 egg is often depicted with a serpent wound about it.

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