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The Primordial Gods
A guide & work in progressSlide2
Primordial Gods
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.Slide3
Chaos
Gaia
T
artarus
Eros
Nyx
Erebus
Typhon
Uranus
Ourea
(Mountains)
Pontus
Aether
Momos
Ponos
Moros
Thanatos
Hypnos
The
Hesperides
The
Keres
&
The
Moiria
Nemesis
Apate
Philotes
Geras
Eris
H
emeraSlide4
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 factsPicture or Artist’s RenderingSlide5
Student SlidesSlide6
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 homeIt 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 timeChaos is the void into which everything is createdFrom Chaos, without a mate, came Gaia, Eros, TartarusIt’s literally just a void, no gender, no physical form, nothing. Its an endless void of nothingnessSlide7
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: MaleRelationships: 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 sentDwell: it dwells in itself; it is a placeFun Fact: Many of the Titans are locked away in Tartarus; third in rank behind Chaos and GaiaSlide8
Eros
Origin-
B
elieved to be son of
Aphrodite (goddess of love) and Ares (god of war)
Gender - MaleRoman Name- CupidGod of love and sexual desire, also fertilityLives on Mount OlympusHas the power to make anyone fall in loveCarries a bow and arrowSlide9
Typhon
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.
100 dragon headsSlide10
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 disgustMurdered 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. Slide11
Ourea (Roman:
Montanus
)
The
Ourea
were the Protogenoi (primeval gods) or rustic Daimones (spirits) of the
mountainsThe ten ourea – Aitna, Athos, Helikon, Kithairon,
Nysos, Olympus 1, Olympus 2, Oreios, Parnes, and Tmolus were the offspring of Gaia alone.Slide12
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 creaturesAlso known as PontosSlide13
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 DEATHSlide14
Erebus
Child of
Chaos
Male
Embodiment of
primordial darkness
Bared children Nyx(sister):
Aether
(the bright upper atmosphere) and
Hemera (Day). Charon (the ferry-man)
Lived in ErebusSlide15
Aether
-
God of Heavenly air
Son of Erebus (darkness) and Nyx(night)
Father to Gaea(earth), Thalassa(sea), and Uranus(heavens)
-opposed to mortal air “Chaos”
-
or air of the underworld “
Erebos
”
Roman name EtherSlide16
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”
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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.
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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.Slide19
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 FatesSlide20
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 Slide21
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 HadesSlide22
Geras
S
on of Nyx, goddess of the night, and
Erebos
, god of darkness
Roman Name: SenectusGeras is maleGod of old ageDepicted as a very small, skinny, and
shriveled up old manSlide23
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 thereHesperides guarded them with Ladon, the 100 headed dragonOne apple started the chain of events leading to the Trojan War
One of Hercules’s tasks was to steal an appleSlide24
The Keres
Origin
: Agents of the Fates, Daughters of Nyx and
Erebos
Translation
: Death Spirit, Doom
Female spirits of violent/cruel deathThousands of Keres haunted the battlefield, searching for dead soldiers to feed off ofPersonification of miserySlide25
Nemesis
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
Goddess of Revenge and RetributionSlide26
Apate (Roman:
Fraus
)
She is the
personification of deceit of
guile, fraud, and deceptionShe is one of the evil spirits released from Pandora's box Slide27
Philotes
Female
She was the spirit of friendship, affection and sex
Parents are
E
robes and NyxShe was considered the opposite of the Neikea (the Feuds)Her siblings are said to be
Apate (Deceit) and Nemesis (Envy)Slide28
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.Slide29
The Complete Primordial Gods/Goddess Family Tree
(Pre-Titan Generation)Slide30
Chaos
Gaia
T
artarus
Eros
Nyx
Erebus
Typhon
Uranus
Ourea
(Mountains)
Pontus
Aether
Momos
Ponos
Moros
Thanatos
Hypnos
The
Hesperides
The
Keres
&
The
Moiria
Nemesis
Apate
Philotes
Geras
Eris
H
emera