There were begetters, there were mighty forces, free action here and energy up yonder. The Gods are later than this world's production. He the first origin of this creation, whether he formed it all or did not form it, whose eye controls this world in highest heaven, he verily knows it, or perhaps he knows it not . Ralph T.H. Griffith, The Hymns of the Rg Veda , 1896. The primordial God figure-the one that existed before all else.
Many creation stories tie in human understanding of creation of life.
This concept of division is very apparent in Hebrew and Babylonian mythology also. Direct questions or comments to Webmaster . W. W. Norton Publishing.