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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. |
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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.
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Nyx is Night. |
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Eros is Love. |
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Erebus is the Darkness of the Underworld. |
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Tartarus is a gloomy place in the Underworld. |
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The MOERAE are the three sisters who decide on human fate. |
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Hemera is Day. |
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Aether is the Upper Sky. |
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Eros, who caused all things to mingle, consorted with Chaos and the BIRDS were created. |
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Abolengo Album - High Resolution Genealogical Charts 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.) |
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