primordial deities

Eros in Greek mythology, the god of love and desire

Eros in Greek Mythology: The Cosmic Force of Love and Desire

Kaiqui Damasceno

Eros is often reduced in the popular imagination to a winged, infantile figure armed with a bow and arrow, responsible ...

Ananke, the primordial Greek personification of Necessity

Ananke: The Greek Personification of Necessity

Kaiqui Damasceno

Table of Contents A Figure Outside Hesiod’s Main Account Necessity and Time, Coiled Together A Concept Philosophy Found Useful Ananke ...

Hemera, the primordial Greek personification of Day

Hemera: The Greek Personification of Day

Kaiqui Damasceno

Table of Contents Day, Born From Night Sharing a Threshold With Night Not the Same as Eos A Structural Figure, ...

Hemera, the primordial Greek personification of Day

Aether: The Bright Upper Air of Greek Mythology

Kaiqui Damasceno

Table of Contents Two Kinds of Air Born From Darkness A Minor Figure With a Long Afterlife Aether in Orphic ...

The Greek pantheon of gods and goddesses

Greek Gods and Goddesses: The Complete Guide to the Greek Pantheon

Kaiqui Damasceno

Table of Contents Primordial Deities Chaos Gaia Uranus Tartarus Nyx Erebus Pontus Aether Hemera Ananke Chronos Thalassa Titans Cronus Rhea ...

Nyx, the primordial Greek goddess of night, depicted amid stars and darkness

Nyx: The Primordial Goddess of Night in Greek Mythology

Kaiqui Damasceno

Table of Contents Who Is Nyx in Greek Mythology? Nyx’s Children: Sleep, Death, and More Why Was Zeus Afraid of ...

Gaia, the primordial Greek earth goddess, depicted rising from the ground

Gaia: The Primordial Earth Goddess of Greek Mythology

Kaiqui Damasceno

Table of Contents Who Is Gaia in Greek Mythology? Gaia’s Children: The Titans, Cyclopes, and Hundred-Handers The Castration of Uranus: ...

Chaos, the primordial void of Greek mythology, depicted as swirling cosmic darkness

Chaos: The First Being in Greek Mythology

Kaiqui Damasceno

Table of Contents What Does Chaos Mean in Greek Mythology? Chaos in Hesiod’s Theogony Was Chaos a God, a Place, ...