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A chaos deity is a deity or more often a figure or spirit in mythology associated with or being a personification of primordial chaos. The following is a list of ...
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 ...
Because Ra was the solar deity, bringer of light, and thus the upholder of Maat, Apep was viewed as the greatest enemy of Ra, and thus was given the title Enemy of Ra, and also "the Lord of Chaos". "The Lord of Chaos" was seen as a giant snake or serpent leading to such titles as Serpent from the Nile and Evil Dragon.
In Hesiod's Theogony, Chaos was the first thing to exist: "at first Chaos came to be" (or was), [9] 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.
I have since been told to my face that it is an "ancient symbol of Chaos". In the 1970s, the Chaos Star become the main symbol of chaos magic, a British occult tradition. [2] It is the official symbol of the Illuminates of Thanateros, a magical organization dedicated to chaos magic. [3]
His name means "crocodile" in Nahuatl. His name is similar to the god Cipactonal. Itztapaltotec, one of the patrons of the trecena and aspect of Xipe-Totec. Cinteotl, god of maize. [4] Patterns of Merchants; (1a) Huehuecoyotl, (1b) Zacatzontli, (2a) Yacatecuhtli, (2b) Tlacotzontli, (3a) Tlazolteotl, (3b) Tonatiuh depicted in the Codex Borgia.
This girl’s name meaning ‘star’ is of Basque origin. ... One of the moons of Pluto and a variation of Nyx, the Greek Goddess of Chaos and personification of night. 77. Sao.
The name "Erebus" is also used to refer either to the darkness ... The meaning of the word ... (6th century BC) a cosmogony in which Chaos is the first ...