Mar 9, 2023 · Chaos was one of the primordial gods and, according to the common tradition, the very first being that came into existence. Best translated as “Abyss” or “Chasm,” Chaos usually assumed …

Sep 7, 2023 · Eris, daughter of Nyx, was the goddess who personified strife. Angry at being snubbed by the other gods, she orchestrated the infamous Judgment of Paris—the event that sparked the Trojan …

Mar 9, 2023 · Nyx, daughter of Chaos and personification of the night, was among the first Greek gods of the cosmos. She bore numerous children, both with her brother-consort Erebus as well as on her …

Mar 9, 2023 · Erebus, son of Chaos and personification of darkness, was one of the first gods that populated the cosmos. Together with his sister-consort Nyx, Erebus fathered numerous children, …

Mar 17, 2023 · The poem’s violent cycle of divine births, usurpations, and successions explores themes such as order and chaos, power, and divinity. There is a certain religious fervor underlying the …

Dec 9, 2022 · Gaia was the embodiment of the earth itself, a Greek deity and the mother of all life. She gave birth to the Titans and raised the god Zeus in secret, helping him to overthrow his tyrannical …

Sep 20, 2023 · Zeus was the powerful but flawed king of the Greek pantheon and the supreme god of the Greeks. He ruled over men and gods alike from his throne on Mount Olympus.

Nov 29, 2022 · The Greek primordial gods were the first beings to populate the cosmos and gave birth to all the subsequent gods, creatures, and mortals of Greek mythology. Two of these primordial gods, …

Nov 29, 2022 · Raijin (雷神) is the Japanese god of thunder, lightning, and storms. Often appearing alongside his brother Fujin, the god of the wind, Raijin the trickster brings vital rains but leaves a …

Mar 9, 2023 · Tartarus was a primordial deity and the embodiment of the deepest, darkest part of the Underworld. With Gaia, the personification of the earth, he fathered the terrible monster Typhoeus.