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 → |