Mythology Flashcards
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Nyx
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night; sprang from formless chaos
2
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Hemera
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day; one of the products of the union of Ereus and Nyx
3
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Erebus
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darkness; sprang from formless chaos
4
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Aether
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light; one of the products of the union of Erebus and Nyx
5
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Tartarus
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the depths of caves beneath the Earth
6
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Pontus
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the sea, one of the two sons of Gaia
7
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Ouranos
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the sky, one of the two sons of Gaia
8
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Thalassa
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the female counterpart of Pontus the sea
9
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parthenogenesis
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virgin birth
10
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Brontes
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thunder, the eldest cyclops
11
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Steropes
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the lightning, came after Brontes
12
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Arges
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brightness, the third cyclops, progeny of Ouranos and Gaia
13
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Mnemosyne
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daughter of Gaia, name means “memory”, gave birth to the nine Muses
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Selene
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the moon, offspring of Theia
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Eos
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the dawn, offspring of Theia
