Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The egg produced the hermaphroditic god Phanes who gave birth to the first generation of gods and is the ultimate creator of the cosmos. Pherecydes of Syros in his lost Heptamychos (" The seven recesses" ), around 6th century BC, claimed that there were three eternal principles: Chronos , Zas ( Zeus ) and Chthonie (the chthonic ).
Hesiod's Theogony, (c. 700 BC) which could be considered the "standard" creation myth of Greek mythology, [1] tells the story of the genesis of the gods. After invoking the Muses (II.1–116), Hesiod says the world began with the spontaneous generation of four beings: first arose Chaos (Chasm); then came Gaia (the Earth), "the ever-sure foundation of all"; "dim" Tartarus (the Underworld), in ...
Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font.. Key: The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in italic font. Key: The names of the Titans have a green background.
List of primordial deities; English name Ancient Greek name Description Aether: Αἰθήρ (Aithḗr) The god of light and the upper atmosphere. Aion: Αἰών (Aiōn) The god of eternity, personifying cyclical and unbounded time. Sometimes equated with Chronos. Ananke: Ἀνάγκη (Anánkē) The goddess of inevitability, compulsion, and ...
The philosopher Philodemus records that in the work On the Gods by one "Satyros", Erebus is the first of five rulers of the gods, and is succeeded as sovereign by Chaos (though others have suggested this figure may be Eros). [10] According to a hymn by the poet Antagoras (3rd century BC), one of the possible parentages of Eros is Erebus and ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
Chronos as time, the creator god, was unusual and is probably Eastern in origin. Phoenician myths and Zoroastrianism have a deified Time ( Zurvan ) that also creates without a partner with its seed, but leaves the concrete design of the physical world to another god. [ 28 ]
The Moon God: Lunar entity that dwells in the Dimension of Enno-Lunn. Arwassa The Silent Shouter on the Hill: A humanoid-torso with tentacles instead of limbs, and a short neck ending in a toothless, featureless mouth. Atlach-Nacha The Spider God, Spinner in Darkness: A giant spider with a human-like face. Ayi'ig The Serpent Goddess, Aeg, Aega