Chaos gods
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.
Set spearing the chaos snake Apep
Africa and the Middle East
Arabian
Canaanite
- Yam, god of the sea and primordial chaos
Egyptian
- 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
- Leviathan (Is referred to as a reptilian aquatic animal in the Bible, but has also been used as an image of Satan).
Mesopotamian
Western Eurasia
Graeco-Roman
- Chaos (mythology), the "first thing that came into being" according to Hesiod
- Dionysus, in some cases thought to be a god of chaos
- Hydra (mythology)
- Typhon
Anatolian - Hittite
Hindu-Vedic
Persian Zorostarian
- Angra Mainyu, Zoroastrian god of evil and opposed to Ahura Mazda, god of good
Manichaeism
Asia-Pacific / Oceania
- Amatsumikaboshi, Japanese
Native Americas
See also
External links
Media related to Chaos gods at Wikimedia Commons
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