Erebus
Erebus | |
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God of Darkness | |
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Parents | Chaos |
Siblings | Nyx Tartarus Gaia Eros |
Consort | Nyx |
Offspring | Thanatos, Apate, Aether, Hemera, Hypnos, the Keres, Moros, the Moirai, the Hesperides, Dolos, Nemesis, Oizys, Oneiroi, Momus, Philotes, Eris, Geras |
Roman equivalent | Scotus |
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Genealogy of the offspring of Chaos
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In Greek mythology, Erebus (/ˈɛrɪbəs/;[1] Ancient Greek: Ἔρεβος, romanized: Érebos, "deep darkness, shadow"[2] or "covered"[3]), or Erebos, was often conceived as a primordial deity, representing the personification of darkness; for instance, Hesiod's Theogony identifies him as one of the first five beings in existence, born of Chaos.[4]
Etymology[]
The perceived meaning of Erebus is "darkness"; the first recorded instance of it was "place of darkness between earth and Hades". The name Ἔρεβος itself originates from PIE *h₁regʷ-es/os- "darkness"[5][6] (cf. Sanskrit rájas, Gothic WIKI