Cosmogony Flashcards
Who was Gaea?
Represent Earth, the matrix. Creat Uranus, Ourea, and Pontos. Married Uranus
Who was Chaos?
Type of black hold, a disorder. Creat Erebus and Nyx.
Who was Tartarus?
Darkness of the univers, represent dead and the bad things.
Who was Eros?
Opposite of Tartarus. Goodness, beautifull, Kindness, love, etc… Creat Ether and Hermera.
Erebus
Darkness in the underworld
Nyx
Night at Earth.
Ether
Heavenly light.
Hermera
The day, Earth light.
Uranos
Heavens, married with Gaea. Castrated by Cronos his son creating space and time.
Pontos
Seas
Ourea
Mountains
Gaea + Uranus
3 hecatroncheires, 50 heads and 100 arms.
3 Cyclopes with Zeus powers.
12 titans, the most important Cronos and Rhea
Uranus blood + Gaea
3 Erinyes, infernal goddesses look for bad guys and revenge.
Giants, many, violent ready for war.
Nyphs, many, borned at ashtrees.
Uranus genitals + Aphros
Aphrodite
Eros
Imeros
Cronos
Swallow his children except Zeus. Loses the titanomachy and end at the Tartarus.