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Chaos is the void which came into being before anything else. But some say that Chaos was born from Mist, and that Mist was the first to exist. Others affirm that Chaos is not a void, but a rough unordered mass of things. It is also asserted that Chaos existed from the beginning, together with Nyx, Erebus (Darkness of the Underworld), and Tartarus, and consequently they consider Chaos to be as Nyx and Erebus: one of "the powers below the ground".

It is told that during the war between the TITANS and the OLYMPIANS, the fight came to such a degree of intensity that an amazing heat seized Chaos.

Caos es el vacío que llegó a existir antes que ninguna otra cosa. Sin embargo, según algunos, Caos nació de la Niebla, siendo ésta la primera en existir. Otros afirman que Caos no es un vacío, sino un montón tosco y desordenado de cosas. Se asegura también que Caos existía desde el comienzo junto con Nix (Noche), Érebo (la Oscuridad del Mundo Subterráneo) y el Tártaro. Por eso consideran que Caos es, como Nix y Érebo, un «poder del subsuelo».

Se cuenta que la guerra entre los TITANES y los OLÍMPICOS alcanzó tal grado de intensidad que un inmenso calor se apoderó de Caos.

Family

Linaje

Parentage [two versions]

Mates

Offspring

Notes

The first to exist

Mist (by itself)

nobody

Gaia

Gaia is Earth. Some authors, when reading Hesiod's Theogony, have understood that Gaia, Eros and Tartarus came after Chaos in the sense that these are the offspring of Chaos, while others think they just appeared after Chaos. 

 

Nyx

Nyx is Night.

Eros

Eros is Love.

Erebus

Erebus is the Darkness of the Underworld.

Tartarus

Tartarus is a gloomy place in the Underworld.

MOERAE

The MOERAE are the three sisters who decide on human fate.

Hemera

Hemera is Day.

Aether

Aether is the Upper Sky.

Eros

BIRDS

Eros, who caused all things to mingle, consorted with Chaos and the BIRDS were created.

 

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Names in this chart

Aether, Chaos, Erebus, Eros, Gaia, Hemera, MOUNTAINS, Nyx, NYX'S OFFSPRING, Pontus, Tartarus, Typhon, Uranus.

(When reading Hesiod's Theogony, some have understood that Gaia 'came after Chaos' in the sense that Gaia is the offspring of Chaos, whereas others think she just appeared after Chaos. The same applies to Eros and Tartarus. Nyx and Erebus remain the undisputed offspring of Chaos.)

Family

Linaje

Progenitores [dos versiones]

Parejas

Descendencia

Notas

El primero en existir

Niebla (sin pareja)

nadie

Gea

Gea es Tierra. Algunos autores, interpretan la Teogonía de Hesíodo suponiendo que el autor quiso decir que Gea, Eros y Tártaro aparecieron después de Caos como hijos de éste. Otros piensan que esos tres eran simplemente posteriores a Caos.

Nix

Nix es Noche.

Eros

Eros es Amor.

Érebo

Érebo es la Oscuridad del Mundo Subterráneo.

Tártaro

Tártaro es un sitio oscuro en el Mundo Subterráneo.

MOIRAS

Las MOIRAS son las tres hermanas que deciden sobre el destino de los hombres.

Hémera

Hémera es Día.

Éter

Éter es la región superior (la cima) del cielo.

Eros

AVES

Al propiciar la unión de todas las cosas, Eros se unió a Caos y las AVES fueron creadas.

Sources
Abbreviations

Ari.Birds.683ff.; Hes.The.116-125; Hyg.Fab.Pre; Nonn.7.111; Ov.Met.1.1ff.; QS.3.756; Vir.Geo.4.348.

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