NYX The Protogenos of night, Nyx drew the dark mists of her consort, Erebus, across the heavens at night, cloaking the bright light of the heavenly aether.
Their rocky forms were broken from the earth by Poseidon and cast into the sea. Hydros was usually equated with the earth-encircling, fresh-water Titan Oceanus. Together with the earth he formed the primeval Mud. HEMERA The Protogenos of the day, rose up from the ends of the earth to scatter the dark mists of night, spread across the heavens by her mother Nyx, and reveal to the earth below the bright shining blue of the Aether, her protogenic consort. Gaea was one of the few Protogenoi to be depicted in anthropomorphic form, however even as such she was shown as a woman partially risen from the ground, inseperable from her native form. Mother Earth emerged at the beginning of creation to form the foundation of the universe. He was one of the first beings to emerge at creation, and caused the universe to procreate. He was known as Phanes or Protogonos, distinguishing him from the younger Eros, Aphrodite's son. His dark element was sunk into the hollows of the earth, and encircled the dismal realm of the underworld.ĮROS The Protegonos of generation. He was a three-headed, incorporeal being with serpentine tail, who circled the whole of creation, entwined with his consort Ananke.ĮREBUS (Erebos) The Protogenos of the mists of darkness. Only late classical writers describe Khaos as a primeval mixture of the elements.ĬHRONOS (Khronos) The Protogenos of time was the very first being to emerge at creation self-formed.
From Chaos were descended the other airs: Erebus (darkness), Nyx (night), Aether (light), Hemera (day) as well as the birds. She filled the gap between the bright mists of the heavenly aither and the floor of the earth. She was the mate of Chronus (Time) and like him was an incorporeal, serpentine being who twisted circling around the whole of creation.ĬHAOS (Khaos) The Protogenos of the lower air. His element lay beneath the arch of heaven's dome, but high above the airs of the mortal realm.ĪNANKE The Protogeonos of inevitability, compulsion and necessity. For example Gaea or Thalassa might appear as a woman half risen from the earth or sea.ĪETHER (Aither) The Protogenos of the mists of light which fill the upper zones of air. A few of them were ocassionally described or portrayed in anthropomorphic form, however these forms were inevitably inseperable from their native element. They were, for the most part, purely elemental beings - Uranus was the literal sky, Gaea the body of the earth, etc. The first born of the immortals, who formed the very fabric of the universe, were known in Greek mythology as the Protogenoi ( protos meaning "first," and genos "born"). A COMPLETE LIST OF PRIMORDIAL GODS & GODDESSES (PROTOGENOI) GAEA (EARTH)
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