Chaos gods
Appearance
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A chaos deity is a deity or more often a figure or spirit in mythology associated with or being a personification of primordial chaos. The following is a list of chaos deities in various mythologies.
Africa and the Middle East
[edit]Afroasiatic Middle East
[edit]Arabian
[edit]Canaanite
[edit]- Yam, god of the sea and primordial chaos
- Tannin (monster)[1]
Egyptian
[edit]- Apep the ultimate evil of Egyptian mythology in snake form
- Isfet chaos, disorder, and injustice - opposed to Maat
- Nu (mythology) primordial waters
- Set (deity) was not originally evil, but developed into a hated figure thanks to the invading Hyksos who identified him with their chief god, fights Apep.
Hebrew
[edit]- Leviathan (is referred to as a reptilian aquatic animal in the Bible, but has also been used as an image of Satan).
Mesopotamian
[edit]Western Eurasia
[edit]Celtic
[edit]- Fomorians – monstrous Irish sea-demons deposed by the Tuatha dé Danann
Norse-Germanic
[edit]Graeco-Roman
[edit]- Chaos (mythology), the "first thing that came into being" according to Hesiod
- Dionysus, in some cases thought to be a god of chaos
- Eris
- Hydra (mythology)
- Typhon
Western Asia
[edit]Anatolian - Hittite
[edit]Hindu-Vedic
[edit]Persian Zoroastrian
[edit]- Angra Mainyu, Zoroastrian god of evil and opposed to Ahura Mazda, god of good
Manichaeism
Asia-Pacific / Oceania
[edit]- Amatsumikaboshi, Japanese
Native Americas
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Habel, Norman C. (1985). The Book of Job: A Commentary. Philadelphia, PA: Westminster Press. p. 162. ISBN 0-664-22218-8.
External links
[edit]Media related to Chaos gods at Wikimedia Commons