(n.) The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato.
Example Sentences:
(1) Then the symbol of cosmogony with its units representing power becomes a charm.
(2) This is exemplified on the basis of various myths--cosmogony, theogony, magic witchcraft for healing and defence--originating from different pre-Christian and Christian cultures.
(3) Many a summer evening I’ve gone out to Dome Rock to lie back on the smooth stony surface, prop my head on a granite pillow and contemplate the deeps of the Milky Way while wondering how the indigenous tribes of the world manage to translocate our creeping satellites to their cosmogony.
Eschatology
Definition:
(n.) The doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, and the events therewith connected.
Example Sentences:
(1) To commit suicide is to stop out of one's own history and eschatology, an act devoid of freedom.
(2) Very soon, speculation suggests that there will be further democratisation, with a promised next phase in this digitally eschatological view of history: the Apple tablet computer or iSlate.
(3) If life is vocational it has an inborn eschatology.