Chaos
Greek · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Primordial yawning void, first of all that came to be.
Children
Domains
- primordial void
Powers
- Comes into being first and originates the cosmos
Relations
- ancestor of: ThanatosChaos begot Nyx, whose son is Thanatos; thus Chaos is his ancestor. Direct parentage of Nyx is already encoded on Nyx's record.Hesiod, Theogony 123 (Nyx born of Chaos) and 211-212 (Thanatos born of Nyx) (primary)
- ancestor of: HypnosHypnos is a son of Nyx, daughter of Chaos.Hesiod, Theogony 123 and 211-212 (Hypnos among the children of Nyx) (primary)
- ancestor of: NemesisNemesis is a daughter of Nyx, daughter of Chaos.Hesiod, Theogony 123 and 223-224 (Nemesis among the children of Nyx) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Hesiod, Theogony 116 (primary)