Thesis
Orphic · deity · Orphic traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Thesis is the act of setting-down — the instituting of things, as against the stuff they are made of. She stands at the very beginning of the Orphic cosmogony with Hydros and Mud, and the reference literature reads her as a near-double of Physis, Nature: what is established, and the standing order it establishes. Like the other first principles she has no cult and no story; she is a position in a sequence, and the Orphic poets needed her to be there.
Domains
- creation
Relations
- ally: HydrosEmerged together with Hydros at the dawn of creation.Reference treatment: Hydros, Thesis and Mud were the first entities to emerge at the dawn of creation. (secondary)
- ally: PhysisClosely related to Physis: setting-down and nature, the instituting of things and their standing order.Reference treatment describing Thesis as a divinity related to Physis, Mother Nature. (secondary)
Sources
- Thesis is the Orphic primordial goddess of creation, one of the first beings to emerge alongside Hydros and Mud, closely related to Physis.: Reference treatment of Thesis, her place among the first Orphic entities and her relation to Physis. (secondary)