History Main / CosmicEgg

[[caption-width-right:300: Now we know which came first. [[MindScrew (But then, who laid it?)]]]]

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* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Skaia more or less fits this description.
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* [[http://wanderers-library.wikidot.com/eggshells Eggshells]] from ''Wiki/TheWanderersLibrary''.
* The {{Creepypasta}} "[[http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/An_Egg An Egg]]". The entire universe is the egg, and every human on Earth is actually just a different reincarnation of the same person. When [[PronounTrouble he/she/they/it]] has lived every human life throughout all time, the egg will hatch into a god.
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* The very Big Bang itself. In fact [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lemaitre Georges Lemaître]], the first scientist to suggest that origin for the Universe, originally referred to it as a cosmic egg.

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* Several religions in ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' have this motif.

* Rosalina's starship, in ''SuperMarioGalaxy'' has a warp field that makes it look like an egg. Given that she's apparently the overseer of the rebirth of the universe, this is likely intentional.

* This is said to be the theory behind Reality Marbles in the Franchise/{{Nasuverse}} -- the MentalWorld of the magus is what's inside the CosmicEgg, and the Reality Marble is the ability to switch the world outside the egg with the world inside. This "creation" is only temporary though; since the event is an unnatural occurrence, the larger world will attempt to revert the disturbance back to normal, which is why Reality Marbles require a large amount of prana to maintain even for a few minutes.

* In Hawaiian mythology, the fire-goddess Pele carries [[EggMacGuffin an egg]] from her original home in Tahiti to the Hawaiian archipelago, laid by her mother, the [[EarthMother Earth goddess Papa]]. The egg hatches out her fully-formed sister [[NaiveEverygirl Hi'iaka]], the goddess of dance. (In fact, Hi'iaka's much longer full name translates (very) roughly as "carried in the arms of Pele").

* In Hawaiian mythology, the fire-goddess Pele carries [[EggMacGuffin an egg]] from her original home in Tahiti to the Hawaiian archipelago. The egg hatches out her fully-formed sister [[NaiveEverygirl Hi'iaka]], the goddess of dance. (In fact, Hi'iaka's much longer full name translates (very) roughly as "carried in the arms of Pele").

* [[http://wanderers-library.wikidot.com/eggshells Eggshells]] from TheWanderersLibrary.

* [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Egyptian]] [[http://www.mythome.org/creategy.html myth]].

* This is said to be the theory behind Reality Marbles in the {{Nasuverse}} -- the MentalWorld of the magus is what's inside the CosmicEgg, and the Reality Marble is the ability to switch the world outside the egg with the world inside. This "creation" is only temporary though; since the event is an unnatural occurrence, the larger world will attempt to revert the disturbance back to normal, which is why Reality Marbles require a large amount of prana to maintain even for a few minutes.

* The Precursor stone in ''JakIIRenegade'' is the last Precursor egg.

* The very Big Bang itself. In fact [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lema%C3%AEtre Georges Lemaître]], the first scientist to suggest that origin for the Universe, originally referred to it as a cosmic egg.

* The very Big Bang itself. In fact [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lema%C3%AEtre Georges Lemaître]], the first scientist to suggest that origin for the Universe, compared what was it by then to a cosmic egg[[note]]It's even more close to this trope when you think ''everything'', including space and time, were born on it[[/note]]

* Arceus is a godlike Franchise/{{Pokemon}} that was born from one of these.
** And he'll create you one with one of the [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Sinnoh legendaries]] in a ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Heartgold and Soulsilver]]'' event.

This is generally used so that the universe's life-cycle mimics those of many of its creatures, giving the trope metaphorical significance as a symbol of life's beginning. As such, it is found in many religious stories and ancient mythologies, but it is also commonly found in many modern {{Mythopoeia}}s as a way to begin the narrative.

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* Provided the name and album cover for {{Wolfmother}}'s second full album.
* {{Bjork}}'s song "Cosmogony": "And they say back then our universe was a cold black egg/Until the god inside burst out and from its shattered shell/He made what became the world we know."

* This is said to be the theory behind Reality Marbles in the {{Nasuverse}} -- the MentalWorld of the magus is what's inside the CosmicEgg, and the Reality Marble is the ability to switch the world outside the egg with the world inside. This "creation" is only temporary though; since the event is an unnatural occurrence, the larger world will attempt to revert the disturbance back to normal, which is why Reality Marbles require a large amount of prana to maintain even for a few minutes.

* According to one story, this is how {{Galactus}} managed to survive the last big crunch.

** And he'll create you one with one of the [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Sinnoh legendaries]] in a ''[[PokemonGoldAndSilver Heartgold and Soulsilver]]'' event.

** And he'll create you one with one of the [[PokemonDiamondAndPearl Sinnoh legendaries]] in a ''[[PokemonGoldAndSilver Heartgold and Soulsilver]]'' event.

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* The very Big Bang itself. In fact [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lema%C3%AEtre Georges Lemaître Georges Lemaître]], the first scientist to suggest that origin for the Universe, compared what was it by then to a cosmic egg[[note]]It's even more close to this trope when you think both space and time were born on it[[/note]].