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Chaos (Ancient Greek: χάος, romanized: Kháos) is the mythological void state preceding the creation of the universe (the cosmos) in ancient near eastern cosmology and early Greek cosmology. It can also refer to an early state of the cosmos constituted of nothing but undifferentiated and indistinguishable matter. [1]
Canaanite. Yam, god of the sea and primordial chaos. Tannin (monster) [1] Egyptian. Apep the ultimate evil of Egyptian mythology in snake form. Isfet chaos, disorder, and injustice - opposed to Maat. Nu (mythology) primordial waters. Set (deity) was not originally evil, but developed into a hated figure thanks to the invading Hyksos who ...
Eris (/ ˈɪərɪs, ˈɛrɪs /; Greek: Ἔρις Éris, "Strife") is the Greek goddess of strife and discord. Her Roman equivalent is Discordia, which means the same. Eris's Greek opposite is Harmonia, whose Roman counterpart is Concordia, [3] though she is also described as opposing Nike, counterpart of the Roman Victoria.
Hesiod's Theogony, (c. 700 BCE) 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 ...
Apep (Ancient Egyptian: ꜥꜣpp), also known as Aphoph (/ ə.ˈfɒf /, Coptic: Ⲁⲫⲱⲫ, romanized:Aphōph) [ 1 ] or Apophis (/ ə.ˈpɒ.fɪs /; Ancient Greek: Ἄποφις, romanized:Ápophis), is the ancient Egyptian deity who embodied darkness and disorder, and was thus the opponent of light and Maat (order/ truth). Ra was the bringer ...
Family tree of the Greek gods. The following is a family tree of gods, goddesses, and other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion. Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font. Key: The names of the twelve first-generation Titans have a green background.
Chaos gods. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chaos gods. For male deities in mythology, world religion and fiction who personify chaos and disorder.
English chaos is a better translation of hundun in the classical sense of Chaos or Khaos in Greek mythology meaning "gaping void; formless primordial space preceding creation of the universe" than in the common sense of "disorder; confusion".