Primordial
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Primordial may refer to:
- Primordial sea (a.k.a. primordial ocean, ooze or soup). See abiogenesisAbiogenesisAbiogenesis or biopoesis is the study of how biological life arises from inorganic matter through natural processes, and the method by which life on Earth arose...
- Primordial nuclidePrimordial nuclideIn geochemistry and geonuclear physics, primordial nuclides or primordial isotopes are nuclides found on the earth that have existed in their current form since before Earth was formed. Only 288 such nuclides are known...
, nuclides, a few radioactive, that formed before the Earth existed and are stable enough to still occur on Earth - Primordial elements, elements formed before the Earth came into existence
- Primordial narcissism, the psychological condition of prenatal existence
- PrimordialismPrimordialismPrimordialism or perennialism is the argument which contends that nations are ancient, natural phenomena.Primordialism can be traced philosophically to the ideas of German Romanticism, particularly in the works of Johann Gottlieb Fichte and Johann Gottfried Herder. For Herder, the nation was...
, the argument which contends that nations are ancient, natural phenomena - Primordial (company)Primordial (company)Primordial develops vision system software for soldiers. Primordial's flagship product, Primordial Soldier, is designed to enhance situational awareness by presenting information in a soldier's head-mounted display. Primordial Soldier interfaces with a position tracker, head tracker, and...
, a company that develops vision system software for soldiers
Arts and Entertainment
- Primordials (Exalted) are characters from the role-playing game ExaltedExaltedExalted is a role-playing game published by White Wolf Publishing. The game is classified as high fantasy, but may be more accurately described as "mythic fantasy", as the developer specifically avoided drawing on J. R. R. Tolkien, but rather turned to a mixture of world mythologies for inspiration...
by White Wolf, Inc - Primordial (band)Primordial (band)Primordial is an extreme metal band from Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland. It was formed in 1987 by Pól MacAmlaigh and Ciarán MacUiliam . Their sound melds black metal with Irish folk music.-Biography:...
, Irish celtic/folk/black metal band - Primordial LoversPrimordial LoversPrimordial Lovers, Reprise 6377, is a 1970 rock album by Essra Mohawk. In 1977 Primordial Lovers was listed as one of the "25 All Time Best Albums" by Rolling Stone Magazine...
, a 1970 rock album by Essra Mohawk - Primordial UndermindPrimordial UndermindPrimordial Undermind is a critically acclaimed experimental/psychedelic rock band, begun in 1988 when guitarist Eric Arn of Connecticut's Crystalized Movements moved to California, and continuing today in Austria. Arn initially went to London in 1989 to record demos with the Bevis Frond's Nick...
, experimental/psychedelic rock band
Biology
- Primordial dwarfismPrimordial DwarfismPrimordial dwarfism is a form of dwarfism that results in a smaller body size in all stages of life beginning from before birth. More specifically, primordial dwarfism is a diagnostic category including specific types of profoundly proportionate dwarfism, in which individuals are extremely small...
, a form of dwarfism beginning from before birth - Primordial TapecuaPrimordial TapecuaThe Primordial Tapecua is a species of medium sized rodent in the family Cricetidae. The type locality is in southeastern Bolivia. It is the only known species of the genus Tapecomys. Two specimens were found in 1991 in a forested region at an elevation of 1500 m near the village of Tapecua in the...
, a species of medium sized rodent in the family Cricetidae
Religion and mythology
- Primordial Greek gods, a group of Greek deities born in the beginning of our universe
- Primordial Buddha, a self-emanating, self-originating Buddha