Changes: Chaos

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Greek NameTransliterationLatin SpellingTranslation Χαος ΧαεοςKhaos, KhaeosChaosGap, Chasm (khaos) ΑηρAêrAerAir (aêr)

Khaos (or Chaos) was the first of the Protogenoi (primeval gods) to emerge at the creation of the universe. She was followed in quick succession by Gaia (Earth), Tartaros (the Underworld) and Eros (Love the life-bringer).

Khaos was the lower atmosphere which surrounded the earth - invisible air and gloomy mist. Her name khaos literally means the gap, the space between heaven and earth. Khaos was the mother or grandmother of the other substances of air: Nyx (Night), Erebos (Darkness), Aither (Light) and Hemera (Day), as well as the various emotion-affecting Daimones which drifted through it. She was also a goddess of fate like her daughter Nyx and grand-daughters the Moirai.

Later authors defined Khaos as the chaotic mix of elements that existed in the primeval universe, confusing it with the primeval Mud of the Orphic cosmogonies, but this was not the original meaning.

Reign

Chaos was the non-personified concept of the gap between heaven and earth. In some versions of the myth, the egg of creation was born out of this gap encircled by Chronos (time) and Ananke (inevitability/ fate). They proceed to crack the egg and start the other protogenoi.

Family

No father or mother
Protogenoi (children): Ouranos, Ananke, Gaia, Nyx, Eros, and Erebos and Birds (With Eros)

Trivia

Name actually means "the gap".

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-'''Khaos/Chaos ''' (Gr: χάος) was the embodiment of nothingness before creation. It was the parent of [[Chronos]], [[Ananke]], [[Eros]], [[Gaia]], [[Nyx]] and [[Erebos]].
+Greek NameTransliterationLatin SpellingTranslation
+Χαος ΧαεοςKhaos, KhaeosChaosGap, Chasm (khaos)
+ΑηρAêrAerAir (aêr)
+'''Khaos''' (or '''Chaos''') was the first of the [[Protogenoi]] (primeval gods) to emerge at the creation of the universe. She was followed in quick succession by [[Gaia]] (Earth), [[Tartaros]] (the Underworld) and [[Eros (protogenos)|Eros]] (Love the life-bringer).
+Khaos was the lower atmosphere which surrounded the earth - invisible air and gloomy mist. Her name ''khaos'' literally means the gap, the space between heaven and earth. Khaos was the mother or grandmother of the other substances of air: [[Nyx]] (Night), [[Erebos]] (Darkness), [[Aither]] (Light) and [[Hemera]] (Day), as well as the various emotion-affecting Daimones which drifted through it. She was also a goddess of fate like her daughter Nyx and grand-daughters the [[The Moirae|Moirai]].
+Later authors defined Khaos as the chaotic mix of elements that existed in the primeval universe, confusing it with the primeval Mud of the Orphic cosmogonies, but this was not the original meaning.
 [[File:Khaos.jpg|thumb|Khaos (Chaos)]]