EREBUS
Erebos (Ἔρεβος) · Roman Erebus
primordialdarkness · shadow · the nether gloom of the underworld
In Greek mythology, Erebus, or Erebos, is the personification of darkness. In Hesiod's Theogony, he is the offspring of Chaos, and the father of Aether and Hemera (Day) by Nyx (Night); in other Greek cosmogonies, he is the father of Aether, Eros, and Metis, or the first ruler of the gods. In genealogies given by Roman authors, he begets a large progeny of personifications upon Nox, while in an Orphic theogony, he is the offspring of Chronos (Time).
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AT A GLANCE
Greek nameErebos (Ἔρεβος)
Roman nameErebus
Typeprimordial
Domainsdarkness · shadow · the nether gloom of the underworld
ParentageChaos
EtymologyFrom erebos, the dark of the underworld — an old Indo-European word for darkness.
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