Conflagration of Chaos from which the Cosmos originates.
Grand jeu de l'Oracle des Dames tarot card, printed between 1890 and 1900. Guilaume Urban Régamey (1837–1875), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Other-Cosmoses
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Cosmogony Woodcut, Ming Dynasty, 1599.
the 'Myriad Things' (wanwu) of the universe, transforming from nothingness to being. See page for author, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Magnum Chaos (Cosmological Chaos)
from the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo, Italy. The original uploader was Maurus Flavus at Italian Wikipedia., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
This image represents the cosmogony of the Serer people found in Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania.
It depicts the three worlds : the invisible world, the terrestrial world and the nocturnal world. Henry Gravrand, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
a "cosmogonical sign" from a Chuvash embroidery
Sumerian cosmogonic myth.
Clay, end of 3rd millenium BC. From Iraq, ancient Mesopotamia. Louvre Museum, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Manichaean cosmogonic text.
Sogdian language in Manichaean script, Khocho, 9th-10th century Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Stone of the Sun. Showing the Central Elements of Mexica Cosmogeny.
The National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico. Arian Zwegers from Brussels, Belgium, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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Cosmology. Unknown Artist. 1595.
from ʿAjā'ib al-makhlūqāt wa gharā'ib al-mawjūdāt (The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence) by Al Qazwini; translated by Surüri. Topkapı Palace, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Cosmological Mandala with Mount Meru. 14th Century.
figures of Euclid and Ptolemy with a cosmological diagram between them,
See page for author, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Plate from the metaphysics of both the greater and the lesser cosmos.
Robert Fludd. 1617. Robert Fludd, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Cosmic Microwave Background Timeline.
Plate from the metaphysics of both the greater and the lesser cosmos
Robert Fludd. 1617. Robert Fludd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Plate from the metaphysics of both the greater and the lesser cosmos.
Robert Fludd. 1617. Robert Fludd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Representation of the observable universe sphere. Pablo Carlos Budassi. 2019.
Voynich manuscript cosmological example
Cosmological diagram showing earth in center
See page for author, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
A bronze mirror with a cosmological decoration and inscription, 1759.
Michelangelo Caetani, Overview of the Universe of the Divine Comedy, 1855
Driving intelligences of the celestial spheres in the guise of Angels
from the treatise Le breviari d'amor by Matfre Ermengaud, Toulouse, France. Matfre Ermengaud di Béziers, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Jambudvipa map, according to Jain cosmological traditions. 1790.
Diagram showing the two mystic syllables Om and Hrim, accompanied by formulae of homage to the Tirthamkaras. Gouache on cloth, XVth century, Gujarat.
Shape of Universe as per Jain cosmology in form of a cosmic man. From Samghayanarayana loose-leaf manuscript India; ca. 16th century
The history of nature from the Big Bang to the present day represented in a spiral with notable events annotated. By Pablo Carlos Budassi.
The Creation from Martin Luther's 1534 translation of the Bible
Workshop of Lucas Cranach., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
This Painting from 18th Century Rajasthan shows eight Krsnaraji or Black holes in the universe in the third layer of Brahmaloka.
from various scriptures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Ancient Norse Cosmology
Abstracted Diagram of the Ancient Norse Cosmos.
from the book "The Nine Worlds, Stories from Norse Mythology" (1890), by Mary Elizabeth Litchfield. Mary Elizabeth Litchfield, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Early Hebrew Conception of the Universe.
Ralph V. Chamberlin (?), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Juan de Santa Cruz Pachacuti Yamqui Salcamaygua: Cosmology of the Inca. 1613.
Juan de Santa Cruz Pachacuti Yamqui Salcamayhua, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Geography: two rotating discs showing the hemispheres of the earth, fixed to a card giving details of their use. Engraving by J. Emslie, 1844
John Emslie, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Mappa mundi in "Creation and the expulsion from the paradise" by Giovanni di Paolo. 1445
Map of Śambhala attributed to the period of Mi bskyod rdo rje (Mikyö Dorje) VIII Karmapa (16th century)
Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition, Great Wheel planar cosmology
Andrew28913, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Lobed Mirror with Heaven and Earth between the Paired Phoenixes
China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Yüen dynasty Manichaean diagram of the Universe. (1279–1368 c.e.)
AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Detail from the Greenfield Papyrus (the Book of the Dead of Nesitanebtashru). 950 BCE.
It depicts the air god Shu, assisted by the ram-headed Heh deities, supporting the sky goddess Nut as the earth god Geb reclines beneath. Photographed by the British Museum; original artist unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Ptolemaic geocentric conception of the Universe
by Portuguese cosmographer and cartographer Bartolomeu Velho (?-1568). From his work Cosmographia, made in France, 1568. Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons.
