cosmogónicos

Cosmogónicos is an adjective used in Spanish to refer to anything related to cosmogony, the study or description of the origin of the universe. The noun cosmogonía combines Greek kosmos (world, universe) and gignesthai (to be born). In everyday use, cosmogónicos describes texts, theories, or myths that treat the creation of the cosmos, whether in traditional mythologies or in scientific models.

In cultural and religious contexts, cosmogonías are creation myths that explain how the world and its inhabitants came to exist and how order was established. In literature and art, cosmogónicos works may imagine or reconstruct a cosmogony for a fictional world. In science, cosmogonía refers to theories about the origin of the universe, from speculative narratives to evidence-based models such as the Big Bang and the subsequent evolution of matter and structure.

The term is distinct from cosmología, the broader field that studies the large-scale properties and evolution of the universe. Cosmogonía focuses more specifically on origin or genesis, while cosmología includes questions about nature, laws, and history of the cosmos. Throughout history, many cultures have proposed cosmogonías, and contemporary science offers cosmogenic theories that describe the universe's origin based on physical observations and mathematical models.

See also cosmogonía, cosmología, creation myth, Big Bang, formation of the universe.