Erebus

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Erebus is a primordial Greek deity personifying deep darkness and shadow, often associated with the underworld and the void between Earth and Tartarus.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek deity
personification
primordial deity
appearsIn Hesiod's Theogony
surface form: "Theogony by Hesiod"
associatedWith death
gloom
shadows of the underworld
category Greek primordial deities
Greek underworld deities
childOf Chaos
consort Nyx
cosmicFunction fills the void of the underworld with darkness
cosmicGeneration Protogenoi
cosmicLocation region of darkness between Earth and Tartarus
cosmicRole primordial force
culture Ancient Greek
etymologyLanguage Ancient Greek
etymologyRoot Ἔρεβος (Érebos)
gender male
hasDomain shadowy spaces between worlds
subterranean regions
languageOfName Greek
mythicStatus pre-Olympian deity
mythologicalTradition Hesiod's Theogony
surface form: "Hesiodic Theogony"
opposedTo Aether
Hemera
parentOf Aether
Hemera
personifies deep darkness
shadow
realm darkness
shadow
underworld
void between Earth and Tartarus
relatedConcept cosmic darkness
underworld gloom
sibling Cupid
surface form: "Eros"

Gaia
Nyx
Pontus
Tartarus
Uranus
spouse Nyx
symbolicMeaning obscurity
primordial darkness
timePeriodOfWorship Archaic Greece
Classical Greece
worshipType chthonic

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chaos givesRiseTo Erebus
Erytheia parent Erebus
Hesperides parent Erebus
Chaos precedes Erebus
Nyx siblingOf Erebus
Nyx spouseOrConsort Erebus

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