Period 7/8 Primordial Gods

Chaos GaiaTartarus ErosNyxErebus Typhon Uranus Ourea (Mountains) Pontus Aether MomosPonos Moros Thanatos Hypnos The Hesperides The Keres & The Moiria Nemesis Apate Philotes Geras Eris Hemera

- Son of Erebus (darkness) and Nyx (night) -Male, sometimes referred to as Ether in Roman mythology -Personification of the pure upper air that the gods breathe -Father of Penthos, Pontus, Aergia and the Nelphelai Aether

Thalassa  Daughter of Aether and Hemera  Roman name: Thalassa/Mare  Primordial goddess of the sea  She and sea god Pontus were the parents of the nine Telchines and Halia  No body; is literally the sea

Apate  Daughter of Nyx (personification of night) and Erebos (personification of darkness)  Roman name: Fraus (means “Fraud”)  She is the personification of deceit  Her siblings are Geras (old age), Oizys (suffering), Moros (doom), Momos (blame), Eris (strife), Nemesis (retribution), and Keres (carnage)  Her counterpart is Dolos, who is the god of trickery and was released from Pandora’s Box.

Gaia Birth from Chaos Terra The great mother of all: the primal Greek Mother Goddess; creator and giver of birth to the Earth and all the Universe She is sometimes depicted as an only child & sometimes not being Chao’s child

Tartarus He’s the primordial god of the pit No different roman name The pit Married to Geaia and father of the giants

Erebus Origin: Born from Chaos Roman Name: Erebus / Male God of: Darkness / Dwells in the Underworld Father of Aether / Brother to Nyx A symbol for him is unfathomable darkness

Eris  Origin: Daughter of Nyx (Night)  Roman Name: Discordia  Gender: Female  Goddess of chaos, strife, and discord  Dwells in the aether  Siblings: Ares, Enyo, Hephaestus, Hebe or Thanatos, Hypnos, The Keres

Roman Name IS Necessitas Female Considered the mother Of Fates The parents names are Hydros and Gaia ANANKE is related to Khronos She Is the god Of Evil

Chaos  First Being  Genderless  Roman name is Khaos  Eternal void  Creator of Gaia, Tartarus, Nyx, Eros, Erebus

Geras origin:Nyx Roman Name: Senectus God Of: old age Relationships to Other gods: Thanatos, Oizys, Hecate

Origin: Son of Aphrodite and Ares Roman Name: Cupid Male God of love Lived on Mt. Olympus He could shoot his arrows into the hearts of gods and mortals. Makes sure Helen of Troy falls in love with Paris. Eros

Hemera  Daughter of Erebus and Nyx  Roman name is  Goddess of the daytime  Female  Brother is Aether  She and Aether created Eros, Tartarus, Pontus, and Gaia  Dethroned their Parents  Child is Thalassa

HYPNOS  Origin: Son Nyx and Erebus  Roman Name: Somnus  God of sleep  Lives in a cave in the Underworld  Brother of Thanatos

Ourea Gaia, no father Mons, neither male nor female Mountains Each mountain has its own God TMOLOS A Mountain of Lydia was the judge of a musical contest between Apollo and Pan

Momus Parents are Erebus and Nyx God of blame, mockery, satire, writers, poets, censure, and unfair criticism Male Roman counterpart was Querella Siblings were all death spirits or strongly associated with the Underworld Has a twin sister named Oizys, (goddess of distress, anxiety and worry.) Due to his constant criticism of other Gods, including Zeus, he was exiled from Mount Olympus.

Nemesis -said to be daughter of either Oceanus and Nox or Jupiter and Necessity -Roman name= Invidia; female -The goddess of retribution for evil acts and undeserved good fortune -Her name is derived from the Greek words nemêsis and nemô, meaning “dispenser of dues” -She would be called upon to reign justice on those who committed evil acts or had undeserving good fortune -She was a relatively unimportant goddess in both Greek and Roman culture -If someone called upon her to help him/her, she would generally sympathize and “soften” her stance -Was thought to hold the power to punish civilizations -Stood for the preservation of justice even in the darkest times

Philotes~  Origin: Daughter of Nyx  Roman name: Amicitia, Gratia- Female  The god of: Friendship, and Affection  Relations: Nyx, Hemera, Eris, Erebos, Moros, and Dolas

The Moria  Origin: Deriving from μο ῖ ρα.  Roman name: Often known in English as the Fates or Anglicisation of the Irish name Máire.  Male or female: Female  What are they the god of: Destiny  Where do they dwell: Middle Earth  Fun facts: Moira is related to Tekmor and with Ananke, who were primeval goddesses in mythical cosmogonies.

Uranus  Origin:Gaea  Roman name:???  Male  God of: sky or heavens  He was the first son of Gaia (the earth) and he also became her husband

Hesperides Female Considered Goddesses of the evening and sunset. Possibly born from Erebus and Nyx, or the Titan Atlas. Guard a sacred garden in the far west of the world Has magical apples that grant immortality The tree bearing the apples belongs to Hera, gift from Gaia Assisted by a dragon called Ladon Heracles had to steal an apple from this garden The apple of discord came from this garden, which caused the Trojan war.

Thanatos  Nyx & Erebus  Male  Underworld  Sisyphus tricked him

Thesis or as in Greek Θεσις Θετις Thesis was the protogena (primordial goddess) of creation, a divinity related to Phusis (Nature). She occurs in the Orphic Theogonies as the first to emerge at creation alongside the Hydros (the primordial waters). Parents NONE (emerged at the beginning of creation) Offspring KHRONOS, ANANKE (by Hydros) POROS, TEKMOR Thesis is a female I think. And doesn’t have a roman name.

Ridings, Typhon  Origin: Monster last son of Gaia, fathered by Tartarus  Gender: Male  Know as the most deadly monster and the “Father of All Monsters”  Was Imprisoned in Tartarus  Married to Echidna, created many monsters

Wait, Moros  Origin- Son of Nyx who was believed to be the mother of everything mysterious.  Roman Name- Theoi  God of- doom  Related to – Thantos and Ker  Picture-

Ponos  Mother is Eris  Roman Name= Ponus Male  God of hard labor and toil  Also is a disease occurring in children in some Greek islands, characterized by enlargement of the spleen, hemorrhages, and fever