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In Greek mythology, the primordial deities are the first generation of gods and goddesses. These deities represented the fundamental forces and physical foundations of the world and were generally not actively worshipped, as they, for the most part, were not given human characteristics; they were instead personifications of places or abstract concepts.

Hesiod, in his Theogony, considers the first beings (after Chaos) to be Erebus, Gaia, Tartarus, Eros and Nyx. Gaia and Uranus in turn gave birth to the Titans, and the Cyclopes. The Titans Cronus and Rhea then gave birth to the generation of the Olympians, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Hera and Demeter, who overthrow the Titans, with the reign of Zeus marking the end of the period of warfare and usurpation among the gods.

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Greek primordial deities

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List of Greek mythological figures

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semi-divine figures from ancient Greek mythology and ancient Greek religion. The Greeks created images of their deities for many purposes. A temple would...

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Eros

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In Greek mythology, Eros (UK: /ˈɪərɒs, ˈɛrɒs/, US: /ˈɛrɒs, ˈɛroʊs/; Ancient Greek: Ἔρως, lit. 'Love, Desire') is the Greek god of love and sex. His Roman...

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Primordial

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Nyx

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Nights as three separate deities who appear in different parts of the poem's narrative. He sees the first Night as a primordial deity, eternal in nature, and...

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Ananke

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She is customarily depicted as holding a spindle. One of the Greek primordial deities, the births of Ananke and her brother and consort, Chronos (the...

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Greek water deities

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rich variety of water divinities. The range of Greek water deities of the classical era range from primordial powers and an Olympian on the one hand, to heroized...

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Phanes

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Phanes /ˈfeɪˌniːz/ (Ancient Greek: Φάνης, romanized: Phánēs, genitive Φάνητος) or Protogonos /proʊˈtɒɡənəs/ (Ancient Greek: Πρωτογόνος, romanized: Prōtogónos...

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Tartarus

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Theogony (c. late 8th century BC), Tartarus was the third of the primordial deities, following after Chaos and Gaia (Earth), and preceding Eros, and was...

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Erebus

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In Greek mythology, Erebus (/ˈɛrəbəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἔρεβος, romanized: Érebos, lit. '"darkness, gloom"'), or Erebos, is the personification of darkness...

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Moros

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Chronos

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Chronos (/ˈkroʊnɒs, -oʊs/; Greek: Χρόνος, [kʰrónos], "time"), also spelled Khronos or Chronus, is a personification of time in pre-Socratic philosophy...

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List of night deities

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the moon Nut, goddess of the night also associated with rebirth Greek Achlys, a primordial goddess of the clouding of eyes after death, the eternal night...

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Gaia

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whose union she bore the primordial sea gods. Her equivalent in the Roman pantheon was Terra. The Greek name Γαῖα (Gaia Ancient Greek: [ɡâi̯.a] or [ɡâj.ja])...

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Uranus

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reached that the planet be named after the Greek god Uranus (Ouranos), one of the Greek primordial deities. As of 2024, it had been visited up close only...

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Vegetation deity

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Thalassa

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Thalassa (/θəˈlæsə/; Greek: Θάλασσα, translit. Thálassa, lit. "sea"; Attic Greek: Θάλαττα, Thálatta) was the general word for 'sea' and for its divine...

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List of death deities

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Hemera

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Cer

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Outline of ancient Greece

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Tiamat

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(Akkadian: 𒀭𒋾𒊩𒆳 DTI.AMAT or 𒀭𒌓𒌈 DTAM.TUM, Ancient Greek: Θαλάττη, romanized: Thaláttē) is the primordial sea, mating with Abzû (Apsu), the groundwater, to...

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Achlys

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their human shape into that of horned Centaurs. A Greek–English Lexicon, s.v. ἀχλύς. Graf, "Achlys"; A Greek–English Lexicon, s.v. ἀχλύς; Homer, Iliad 5.696...

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Titans

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Earth's moon. Annunaki Asura Cyclopes Elohim Giants (Greek mythology) Greek primordial deities Hecatoncheires Jötunn Vanir Hansen, p. 302; Grimal, p...

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List of Roman deities

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