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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Erebus canonical | 21 |
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 (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ἔρεβος
subject surface form:
Protogenoi