Primordial Gods Flashcards
Achlys
Goddess of the eternal night. “Demon of death” (Hesiod)
Maybe existed before Chaos.
Aether
God of light, & blue sky.
Spark of life for all; all above air on Earth is his domain.
Aion
God of eternity.
Brother of Ananke
Ananke
Goddess of inevitability, necessity, & compulsion
Chaos
God of the Void. Beginning of all life, and pre-existed all in most myths.
Chronos
God of time.
Erebus
God of darkness & shadow.
Brother of Nyx
Eros
God of love & procreation.
Gaia
Goddess of the Earth.
Hemera
Goddess of the Day.
Disperses Nyx’s most in morning to reveal Aether
Hypnos
God of Sleep.
Twin brother is Thanatos.
Nemesis
Goddess of Retribution.
Nesoi
Goddesses of the Islands.
Nyx
Goddess of the Night.
Sovereign & Cosmogenic entity, feared by most.
Sister of Erebus
Ourea
Gods of the Mountains.
Children of Gaia, 9 total.
Aitna, Athos, Helikon, Kithairon, Nysos, Oreios, Parnes, & Tmolus.
Elemental Gods, role of nature, geography, & unexplained.