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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. According to Hesiod , he was the son of Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night), and the brother of Hemera (Day). [ 2 ]
Aether (mythology), the personification of the bright upper sky; Aether (classical element), the material believed to fill the universe above the terrestrial sphere Aether theories, proposing space-filling substance that propagates electromagnetic or gravitational forces; Luminiferous aether, the postulated medium for the propagation of light
It is also personified as a deity, Aether, the son of Erebus and Nyx in traditional Greek mythology. [5] Aether is related to αἴθω "to incinerate", [6] and intransitive "to burn, to shine" (related is the name Aithiopes (Ethiopians; see Aethiopia), meaning "people with a burnt (black) visage"). [7] [8]
Aether: The god of light and the upper atmosphere. Αἰών (Aiōn) Aion: The god of eternity, personifying cyclical and unbounded time. Sometimes equated with Chronos. Ἀνάγκη (Anánkē) Ananke: The goddess of inevitability, compulsion, and necessity. Χάος (Kháos) Chaos: The personification of nothingness from which all of ...
Aether (classical element), the material supposed to fill the region of the universe above the terrestrial sphere; Aether (mythology), the personification of the "upper sky", space and heaven, in Greek mythology
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 ...
Aether represents mbûngi, the circular void that begot the universe. Air (South) represents musoni , the period of conception that takes place during spring. Fire (East) represent kala , the period of birth that takes place during summer.
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.