- Chaos – Mythopedia
Chaos was one of the primordial gods and, according to the common tradition, the very first being that came into existence Best translated as “Abyss” or “Chasm,” Chaos usually assumed the form of a great and indeterminate void
- Theogony – Mythopedia
The poem’s violent cycle of divine births, usurpations, and successions explores themes such as order and chaos, power, and divinity There is a certain religious fervor underlying the Theogony, especially surrounding gods such as Zeus and (somewhat idiosyncratically) Hecate
- Eris – Mythopedia
Eris, daughter of Nyx, was the goddess who personified strife Angry at being snubbed by the other gods, she orchestrated the infamous Judgment of Paris—the event that sparked the Trojan War
- Gaia – Mythopedia
Gaia was the embodiment of the earth itself, a Greek deity and the mother of all life She gave birth to the Titans and raised the god Zeus in secret, helping him to overthrow his tyrannical father, her own son Cronus
- Nyx – Mythopedia
Nyx, daughter of Chaos and personification of the night, was among the first Greek gods of the cosmos She bore numerous children, both with her brother-consort Erebus as well as on her own, representing various personifications and abstractions
- Set – Mythopedia
Set, Egyptian god of chaos and disorder, was a source of tremendous antagonism in Egyptian mythology After being killed by Anubis, he became a force for good in the afterlife, defending the sun from the monster Apophis
- Erebus – Mythopedia
Erebus, son of Chaos and personification of darkness, was one of the first gods that populated the cosmos Together with his sister-consort Nyx, Erebus fathered numerous children, representing various personifications and abstractions
- Norse Gods – Mythopedia
The Norse gods and goddesses are the array of deities honored by ancient Nordic worshipers They primarily came from two different tribes, the Aesir and the Vanir, but were united in their efforts to fight the jötnar, a tribe of giants dwelling in another realm of the world tree Yggdrasil
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