Chaos

Chaos's History

Chaos (also spelled Khaos) was the first of the Protogenoi (primeval gods) and precedes the Universe. His name means "the gap". He was followed in quick succession by Gaia (Earth), Tartarus (the Underworld) and Eros (Love the life-bringer). Khaos was the lower atmosphere which surrounded the earth - invisible air and gloomy mist. His name Khaos literally means the gap, the space between heaven and earth. Khaos was the Father or grandfather of the other substances of air: Nyx (Night), Erebos (Darkness), Aether (Light) and Hemera (Day), as well as the various emotion-affecting Daimones which drifted through it. He was also a god of fate like his daughter Nyx and granddaughters, the Moirai (Fates).

Later authors defined Khaos as the chaotic mix of elements that existed in the primeval Universe, confusing it with the primeval Mud of the Orphic cosmogonies, but this was not the original meaning. Khaos has no father or mother or creator (possibly). He is self - created, he knowns everything that happens in the Universe and beyond every moment and is "omni-potent". His children are the Protogenoi, including Ouranos, Ananke, Gaia, Nyx, Eros, Erebos, Eros and many others.