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Chaos – Mythopedia Chaos also increasingly became associated with darkness and gloom, especially the darkness and gloom of the Underworld Other Interpretations Hesiod’s mysterious Chaos appears to have influenced early Greek philosophers as they began to search for the origins of the cosmos using science and reason rather than religion
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
Erebus - Mythopedia Aristophanes: A parodic (or semi-parodic) cosmogony in the comedy Birds (414 BCE) makes Erebus one of the first beings of the cosmos rather than a son of Chaos Plato: Timaeus (fourth century BCE) imagines a new philosophical cosmogony centered around a mysterious “Demiurge” rather than figures such as Erebus, Nyx, and Chaos Roman
Japanese Gods - Mythopedia Japanese gods and goddesses include everyone from powerful creator gods to minor, localized kami Particularly notable is the sun goddess Amaterasu, held to be the divine ancestor of the first emperor of Japan, a lineage that remains unbroken into the current day
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
Eris - Mythopedia In the Dionysiaca, a lengthy epic by Nonnus (fifth century CE), Eris constantly foments chaos: she helps Typhoeus in his battle with Zeus (2 357–58), stands by Ares (32 176–77), leads fleets into war (39 384–85), appears in a dream to Dionysus (20 35–43), and nurses the Giant Damasen (25 485–89) Roman
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 The gods—and Zeus specifically—serve as symbols of the justice
Aztec Gods - Mythopedia The Aztec gods and goddesses were a bloodthirsty group whose constant warring with each other led to a cycle of death and rebirth for all humanity Each of the first four ages was ruled by a different deity, or “sun,” and each age ended in violence before a new sun was chosen
Demon Names - Mythopedia Demon names are often tied to specific characteristics: a host of demons possessing one individual call themselves “Legion” in the Bible, referring to the fact that they aren’t one spirit but many Singular names reflect the otherworldliness of these entities; in Japanese myth, Raijin is the god of storms and chaos
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