A guide & work in progress The Primordial Gods A guide & work in progress

Primordial Gods “Primordial Deities” “Protogenoi” or first beings Also known as… “Primordial Deities” “Protogenoi” or first beings “Elementals” – meaning they had no bodies They are the basic components of the universe which were emerged at creation. They included Earth, Air, Sea, Sky, Fresh Water, Underworld, Darkness, Night, Light, Day, Procreation and Time.

Chaos Tartarus Gaia Eros Nyx Erebus Aether Hemera Typhon Uranus Ourea (Mountains) Pontus Momos Ponos Moros Thanatos Hypnos Geras The Hesperides The Keres & The Moiria Nemesis Apate Philotes Eris

Your Slide Origin of the Monster/Creature (parents or creation) Roman Name? Male or female? What are they the god of? / Where do they dwell? Any important relationships to other gods or fun facts Picture or Artist’s Rendering

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Chaos Origin: Chaos is the Origin of all things AKA: Chaos, Haos, Khaos, Arche. (No clear gender. More of a thing than a being) Source of which everything was created including the universe and the gods. (The Primordial Primordial). Chaos is also a place. It is its own home It is the creator of Gaia, Eros, Nyx, Tartarus, Erebus. And has some direct relation with all of the Primordial. Chaos is the origin The only being to be around since the beginning of time Chaos is the void into which everything is created From Chaos, without a mate, came Gaia, Eros, Tartarus It’s literally just a void, no gender, no physical form, nothing. Its an endless void of nothingness

Tartarus Tartarus was a primordial god that came from Chaos and Gaea. No roman name and is a male. Tartarus is a name used to describe the underworld, where it was the most horrible prison The judges of the underworld, Aeacus and Minos, would decide who would go to Hades (heaven) or Tartarus (hell). Origin: Chaos birthed Tartarus Gender: Male Relationships: son of Chaos, father of Typhon, had a child with Gaia, created the same time with Gaia, Eros, Nyx, and Erebus God: God of the Underworld and is a horrible prison that terrible monsters and people are sent Dwell: it dwells in itself; it is a place Fun Fact: Many of the Titans are locked away in Tartarus; third in rank behind Chaos and Gaia

Eros Origin- Believed to be son of Aphrodite (goddess of love) and Ares (god of war) Gender - Male Roman Name- Cupid God of love and sexual desire, also fertility Lives on Mount Olympus Has the power to make anyone fall in love Carries a bow and arrow

Typhon 100 dragon heads Parents-Gaia and Tartarus Male God of monsters and was condemned to the underworld Father of monsters such as Ladon, Cerberus, Sphinx, Chimera, Hydra, Nemean Lion, Orthus.  Battle with Zeus and was defeated and sent to the underworld most feared monster in all Greek mythology no other mythical creature, god or monster was as powerful, dangerous, or deadly.

Origin: Uranus was conceived by Gaia alone, but other sources cite Aether (personification of the upper air) as his father. Roman name: Caelus (Latin for “sky” or "the heavens” or “celestial”). Primordial God of the Sky The Greeks thought of the sky as a solid brass dome that was decorated with stars. Uranus was the literal sky. FUN FACTS ABOUT URANUS Married his sister, Gaea ( Primordial Goddess of Earth) Banished his first sons, the Cyclopes, to Tartarus out of disgust Murdered by his son Kronos with a diamond sickle given to Kronos by Gaea Kronos severed Uranus’s genitals, and threw them into the ocean. This created sea foam from which Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty, was born.

Ourea (Roman: Montanus) The Ourea were the Protogenoi (primeval gods) or rustic Daimones (spirits) of the mountains The ten ourea – Aitna, Athos, Helikon, Kithairon, Nysos, Olympus 1, Olympus 2, Oreios, Parnes, and Tmolus were the offspring of Gaia alone.

Pontus Was a male primordial god who ruled Sea Son of Gaia (has no father) Pontus and Gaia had five children (Nereus, Thaumas, Phorcys, Ceto and Eurybia) Lived in the Sea His wife was Thalassa Pontus was also the father of fish and other sea creatures Also known as Pontos

NYX PARENTS OF NYX ARE KHAOS(GREEK DIETI OF CHOAS) AND PHANES(GREEK DIETI OF CREATION, LIFE) NYX’S ROMAN NAME IS NOX, SHE IS A FEMALE NYX IS THE DIETI OF NIGHT/ HER HOME IS EREBUS AND SKY NYX COUPLING WITH EREBUS(DARKNESS) SHE FORMED AITHER(LIGHT) AND HEMERA(DAY) NYX ALONE FORMED THE THREE FATES(GODDESS OF DESTINY AND FATE), PAIN(), SLEEP, STRIFE AND DEATH

Erebus Male Child of Chaos Bared children Nyx(sister): Aether (the bright upper atmosphere) and Hemera (Day). Charon (the ferry-man) Erebus Lived in Erebus Embodiment of primordial darkness

Aether- God of Heavenly air Son of Erebus (darkness) and Nyx(night) -opposed to mortal air “Chaos” -or air of the underworld “Erebos” Son of Erebus (darkness) and Nyx(night) Father to Gaea(earth), Thalassa(sea), and Uranus(heavens) Roman name Ether

Hemera Parents: Erebus and Nyx Goddess of Daytime Roman Equivalent: Dies Brother/husband: Aether Lives: “At the ends of the earth, where lie the roots of earth, sea, Tartaros”

Momus Momus is a creation. His roman name is Querella. Momus is the God or personify spirit of mocker, blame, ridicule, scorn, complaint, and hash criticism. He was expelled by Zeus from heaven for ridiculing the gods.

Ponos The god of hard labor and toil. Son of Eris, goddess of discord and grandson of Nyx, the goddess of night. His siblings were Horcus, Limos, Algea, the Hysminai, the Makhai, the Phonoi, the Androktasiai, the Neikea, the Pseudologoi, the Amphilogiai, Dysnomia, Ate, and Lethe. They were all personifications of wrong doings or negative situations, such as pain, fights, murder, lies and forgetfulness.

Moros Moros was the god o impending doom who drove mortals to their doom Moros had no father but he was the son of Nyx He also was the brother of the Morai or the Fates All of the major and minor gods that were not related to him lived in fear of what Moros could or would do to them. Nyx The Fates

Thanatos Origin: Son of Nyx(night) and Erebos(darkness) Male. Roman name: Mors or Letum. Personifies death Not in many myths One with Sisyphus and one with Hercules

Hypnos Mother- Nyx, Father- Erebus Hypnos is a Male The God of Sleep Lives in the Underworld Him and his brother Thanatos “Death”, both live in the Underworld His father Erebus, was a part of Hades

Geras Son of Nyx, goddess of the night, and Erebos, god of darkness Roman Name: Senectus Geras is male God of old age Depicted as a very small, skinny, and shriveled up old man

The Hesperides Daughters of Erebus and Nyx 3-7 of them Nymphs of the Sunset Garden of Hesperides belonged to Hera Golden apples believed to grant immortality grew there Hesperides guarded them with Ladon, the 100 headed dragon One apple started the chain of events leading to the Trojan War One of Hercules’s tasks was to steal an apple

The Keres Origin: Agents of the Fates, Daughters of Nyx and Erebos Translation: Death Spirit, Doom Female spirits of violent/cruel death Thousands of Keres haunted the battlefield, searching for dead soldiers to feed off of Personification of misery

Nemesis Goddess of Revenge and Retribution Origins Daughter of Zeus Gender Female Other information Spirit of divine retribution against those who are arrogant towards the gods. Also known as the “inescapable” Goddess who lured Narcissus to the pool of water

Apate (Roman: Fraus) She is the personification of deceit of guile, fraud, and deception She is one of the evil spirits released from Pandora's box

Philotes Female She was the spirit of friendship, affection and sex Parents are Erobes and Nyx She was considered the opposite of the Neikea (the Feuds) Her siblings are said to be Apate (Deceit) and Nemesis (Envy)

Eris Child of Nyx alone Female; no Roman name Goddess of chaos, strife, and discord Dwells in Erebus, or the Greek underworld She was responsible for the start of the Trojan War.

The Complete Primordial Gods/Goddess Family Tree (Pre-Titan Generation)

Chaos Tartarus Gaia Eros Nyx Erebus Aether Hemera Typhon Uranus Ourea (Mountains) Pontus Momos Ponos Moros Thanatos Hypnos Geras The Hesperides The Keres & The Moiria Nemesis Apate Philotes Eris