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Another of the Slavic myths about the creation of the world says that at the very beginning there was only a boundless ocean in the world, over which a duck flew – it was she who dropped an egg into the water, which, having opened gave birth to the world. The lower part is the earth’s firmament, and its upper part formed the firmament.

The legends about the creation of the world are numerous and diverse. The oldest and most important myth in the understanding of the Slavs is a world born out of water, a gradual exit from the land. This is how the ancient Slavs imagined the origin of life on earth.

The idea of the world among the ancient Slavs is rather mythical than scientific. Anyway, in every religion, our planet Earth, just like we were in water before birth. Gods are a rather late invention of the human mind. The most ancient people did not believe in gods – it is difficult to believe in what you do not see. The first cults of all peoples are similar – they worshipped animals, the sun and the stars, the earth and the sky. Historians believe that the Slavs imagined the world in the form of a huge egg. Yolk is our land. The upper part of the yolk is the world of living people, animals, and trees. The lower part is the world of the dead.