Cos‐mog″o‐ny (–n?), n.; pl.Cosmogonies (–n�z). [Gr. κοσμογονία; κόσμοσ the world + root of γίγνεσθαι to be born: cf. F. cosmogonie.] The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato.
The cosmogony or creation of the world has puzzled philosophers of all ages.
Goldsmith.