stackyFACTSLong before the Big Bang theory, ancient Greeks were pretty sure the universe hatched out of a shiny piece of cosmic poultry.
Long before the Big Bang theory, ancient Greeks were pretty sure the universe hatched out of a shiny piece of cosmic poultry. In the Orphic mysteries, the universe supposedly began as a massive silver egg created by the embodiment of Time. From this egg hatched Phanes, an intersex deity with golden wings, who proceeded to create everything in existence. It is basically the ultimate mystical justification for putting an egg motif on everything you own.
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