Primordial Gods Flashcards

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Achlys

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Goddess of the eternal night. “Demon of death” (Hesiod)

Maybe existed before Chaos.

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Aether

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God of light, & blue sky.

Spark of life for all; all above air on Earth is his domain.

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Aion

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God of eternity.
Brother of Ananke

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Ananke

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Goddess of inevitability, necessity, & compulsion

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Chaos

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God of the Void. Beginning of all life, and pre-existed all in most myths.

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Chronos

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God of time.

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Erebus

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God of darkness & shadow.

Brother of Nyx

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Eros

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God of love & procreation.

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Gaia

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Goddess of the Earth.

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Hemera

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Goddess of the Day.

Disperses Nyx’s most in morning to reveal Aether

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Hypnos

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God of Sleep.

Twin brother is Thanatos.

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Nemesis

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Goddess of Retribution.

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Nesoi

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Goddesses of the Islands.

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Nyx

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Goddess of the Night.

Sovereign & Cosmogenic entity, feared by most.

Sister of Erebus

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Ourea

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Gods of the Mountains.

Children of Gaia, 9 total.

Aitna, Athos, Helikon, Kithairon, Nysos, Oreios, Parnes, & Tmolus.

Elemental Gods, role of nature, geography, & unexplained.

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Pontus

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God of Sea.

Father of all sea creatures.

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Tartarus

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Origin of Underworld.

God of darkest & deepest parts.

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Thalassa

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Goddess of Sea.

Pontus’ consort.

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Thanatos

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God of peaceful death.

Twin brother is Hypnos.

20
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Uranus

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God of Heavens.

Ruler of world, father of of Titans.