Friday, 8 June 2012

Primordial deities

Immortals 

Primordial deities

Ancient Greek nameEnglish nameDescription
Αἰθήρ (Aithḗr)AetherThe god of the upper air and light.
Ἀνάγκη (Anánkē)AnankeThe goddess of inevitability, compulsion, and necessity.
Ἔρεβος (Érebos)Erebos or ErebusThe god of darkness and shadow.
Γαῖα (Gaîa)Gaia or Gaea or GePersonification of the Earth (Mother Earth); mother of the Titans.
Ἡμέρα (Hēméra)HemeraGoddess of daylight.
Χάος (Cháos)ChaosThe nothingness from which all else sprang.
Χρόνος (Chrónos)ChronosThe god of time. Not to be confused with the Titan Cronus, the father of Zeus.
Nῆσοι (Nē̂soi)The NesoiThe goddesses of the islands.
Νύξ (Nýx)Nyx or NightThe goddess of night.
Οὐρανός (Ouranós)UranusThe god of the heavens (Father Sky); father of the Titans.
Οὔρεα (Oúrea)The OureaThe gods of mountains.
Φάνης (Phánēs)PhanesThe god of procreation in the Orphic tradition.
Πόντος (Póntos)PontusThe god of the sea, father of the fish and other sea creatures.
Τάρταρος (Tártaros)TartarusThe darkest, deepest part of the underworld.
Θάλασσα (Thálassa)ThalassaSpirit of the sea and consort of Pontos.

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