A symbol that gives a range of representations from a particular egg to a world egg. Gives birth to four basic elements (earth, water, air, fire), completing them up to the fifth - ether. The egg is covered with shells that become the seven lower worlds and the seven upper ones.

In Babylon, the goddess Ishtar emerged from the first egg when it fell into the Euphrates. Among the ancient Egyptians, the egg was dedicated to Isis, so the priests never used them in their food. Nun, the personification of chaos in Ancient Egypt, laid an egg with his mouth, from which God, who created the stars, was already born. The Egyptian egg stands upright, supported by the sacred Tau. The egg hovering over the mummy symbolizes hope and promise. Probably, from the combination of these two symbols, a type of cross appeared, which is called ankh. For a long time there has been a dispute: "which is more primary - an egg or a chicken." Hence, apparently, the expression "eggs do not teach a chicken."

According to one of the versions of the Greek myth, Zeus, in the form of a Swan, merged with Leda, after which she gave birth to an egg from which Elena appeared. The shell from this egg was shown in one of the Temples of Sparta. In the Greek world, the god Kronos fertilizes two eggs with one seed and hides them underground. From them Typhon is born - the genius of evil.

The egg is not only a symbol of origin, but also a sign of intermediateness. It personifies the world egg, the image of which expresses an intermediate state between chaos and the world order. It seems that ancient Indian motifs have the same theme when the egg emerges from the seed of the Demiurge. The egg, if not related to food, is a stereotypical sign of the shell, behind the cover of which the alien and foreign is hidden. The egg is mentioned in the myths of Theseus. Orpheus discovered the elements of ovomancy (fortune-telling by the egg).

The egg has a red energy that goes down and all its elements are participants in ovomancy.
In Persia, the motive of the struggle between good and evil is known, expressed by the opposition of Ahuramazda and Angro-Mainyu, who are fighting for an egg, trying to snatch it from each other.
The shining golden egg-sun in the Egyptian tradition is associated with the goose Great Gogotun - the bird that laid and saved the world's egg. The auric egg is called Hiranyagarbha. It is often found in the paintings of contemporary artists. This is the world egg in which Brahma developed.

Eggs are one of the main symbols of the Easter holiday. In the Orthodox tradition, they are painted in different colors. In Russian folklore, Koscheev's death is hidden in an egg.
The symbolism of the egg is associated with fertility (this is the "analog" of grain in the animal kingdom) and immortality. In Easter rituals among the Slavs, the egg is the main symbol embodying the idea of ​​immortality (compare in folklore the image of the death of Koshchei placed in an egg). In addition, the egg appears as a cosmogonic symbol: the image of the world (cosmic) egg can be found in most mythological traditions.

Among the Orphic people, the world egg, which gave birth to everything that exists, was correlated with chaos as a creative principle.In the Japanese myth, which tells about the creation of the world, the existing primitive chaos is compared to an egg that contains the seeds of creation. In the Hindu tradition, the creation of the world was based on (according to one of the options) the splitting of the heavenly egg. In other sources, the universe itself is likened to an egg.

In the meantime, there is no need to worry about it. ”

In the Hindu tradition, the egg is associated with the year as a temporary image of the macrocosm. In Buddhism, the egg is the image of samsara; breaking an eggshell symbolizes nirvana, going beyond the endless cycle of rebirth.

In the meantime, there is no need to worry about it. ”

The Chinese ancestor Pangu, born in a cosmic egg, cut it into two parts: the Earth and the Sky. Similar motives about the origin of heaven and earth from two halves of an egg are found in other traditions (for example, in the Finnish epic Kalevala it says: “From the egg, from the lower part, the mother came out raw earth; from the egg, from the upper part, the high vault of heaven "). Sometimes the sun is described as originating from an egg; the golden egg is a solar symbol.

The egg acts as an image of integrity, which contains all the possibilities for the development of the universe; it is compared to the womb, which contains the seeds of creation, from which all beings emerged. The egg is the beginning of life, however, in addition to this, it symbolizes offspring, rebirth and new life. In Egypt, the hieroglyph for the egg is a determinative sign with the meaning "potential", "seed"