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In Greek mythology, Erebus (/ ˈ ɛr ə b ə s /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἔρεβος, romanized: Érebos, lit. '"darkness, gloom"'), [ 2 ] or Erebos , is the personification of darkness. In Hesiod 's Theogony , he is the offspring of Chaos , and the father of Aether and Hemera (Day) by Nyx (Night); in other Greek cosmogonies, he is the father of ...
In Greek mythology, the primordial deities are the first generation of gods and goddesses.These deities represented the fundamental forces and physical foundations of the world and were generally not actively worshipped, as they, for the most part, were not given human characteristics; they were instead personifications of places or abstract concepts.
In Greek mythology, Aether, Æther, Aither, or Ether (/ ˈ iː θ ər /; Ancient Greek: Αἰθήρ (Brightness) [1] pronounced [ai̯tʰɛ̌ːr]) is the personification of the bright upper sky.
The name derives from the ... more than allegorizations of the meanings of their names, ... of the Latin word labor as the offspring of Erebus and ...
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. Key: Dotted lines show a marriage or affair. Key: Solid lines show children.
Erebus is the Greek god of darkness as well as a region of the Greek underworld. Erebus may also refer to: Ships. HMS Erebus, five ships of Britain's Royal Navy ...
In Hesiod's Theogony, Chaos was the first thing to exist: "at first Chaos came to be" (or was), [14] but next (possibly out of Chaos) came Gaia, Tartarus, and Eros (elsewhere the name Eros is used for a son of Aphrodite). [b] Unambiguously "born" from Chaos were Erebus and Nyx.
His name is the origin of the word hypnosis. [5] ... without a father. However, sometimes he was the son of Nyx and Erebus, the god of Darkness.