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A creation myth is a symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it.

Creation myths develop in oral traditions and therefore typically have multiple versions ; and they are the most common form of myth, found throughout human culture.

In the society in which it is told, a creation myth is usually regarded as conveying profound truths, metaphorically, symbolically and sometimes even in a historical or literal sense.

They are commonly, although not always, considered cosmogonical myths — that is they describe the ordering of the cosmos from a state of chaos or amorphousness.