The Cosmic Egg Birth of the Universe ________________________________________ By Anand Kumar Mishra From Ancient Myths to Modern Cosmology

Why This Book?

From the earliest days of human thought, one question has echoed across cultures, religions, and sciences: Where did it all begin? Whether gazing at the night sky, drawing symbols in the sand, or building telescopes to peer into the farthest reaches of the cosmos, humankind has always searched for origins.

Among the many stories and theories, the idea of the Cosmic Egg stands out—an image both simple and profound. An egg is a vessel of potential, a fragile shell containing infinite possibilities. For ancient storytellers, it became the perfect metaphor for the birth of the universe. From India’s Hiranyagarbha to Greece’s Orphic Egg, from China’s story of Pangu to Egypt’s cosmic bird laying the first egg of creation—the symbol repeats itself across time and place.

Today, modern science offers us its own “egg”: the Big Bang, a singular point from which time, space, matter, and energy expanded. Though different in method and language, science and myth both grapple with the same mystery—the passage from nothingness to something, from silence to existence.

This book was written to explore that shared journey. It is not only a study of ancient myths or astrophysical theories, but a bridge between them. By setting the Cosmic Egg of mythology beside the Cosmic Egg of science, we may discover not only how the universe came to be, but also why human beings feel compelled to imagine its origins.

This work is for curious readers—for students, dreamers, and seekers who wish to understand the birth of everything. It is my hope that these pages will encourage you to see the universe not only as a scientific reality, but also as a living story—one in which we all play a part.