i looked up some mythology, it says chaos had earth, did chaos have parents?
2007-09-28 07:39:55 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
In Greek Mythology, Chaos was the fathomless space from which everything arose. According to Greek myth, Chaos spawned Gaea, who became the mother of all things. Chaos also spawned Nyx, the goddess of the night.
According to the poet Hesiod, the first power in the Universe was vast void named Chaos. The word Chaos is derived from the Greek chaino, "to gape, yawn". Chaos was the source of the first deities;
Gaia: Earth
Eros: Love
Nyx: Night
Contrasts with Christian Creation Stories
In the Biblical Creation story, the Earth was "without form, and void; and a darkness was on the face of the deep", and the Universe is created by God shaping this void. However, in Greek mythology, Chaos is the originating force.
Transition to Gods of Olympus
The greatest triumph of Zeus was seen to be the establishment of a firm rule over the primal, disorderly forces of Chaos. Greek mythology favours these Gods as they are seen to be more powerful and orderly.
2007-09-28 11:52:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
most of the worlds culture's cosmologies begin with Chaos...My nickname for my oldest son is Captain Chaos... his brother is Major Disaster...perhaps I am the parent of chaos...
2007-09-28 15:22:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty sure in that chronology chaos was first
2007-09-28 15:13:21 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe such differentiations of identity or semi-objective reality were impossible to make - it was too chaotic, in all measures, ways, shapes or forms.
2007-09-28 14:46:18 · answer #4 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋