cos·mog·o·ny
/käzˈmäɡənē/
noun
- the branch of science that deals with the origin of the universe, especially the solar system."today the central questions of cosmology and cosmogony are being explored within the framework of the Big Bang theory"
- a theory regarding the origin of the universe.plural noun: cosmogonies"in their cosmogony, the world was thought to be a square, flat surface"