Besides being a deity, Chaos is a shapeless void below even the depths of Tartarus, the realm embodied by one of its sons. But somehow this enormous vacancy gave birth to Gaea, the earth, to Tartarus, the great region beneath the earth, and to Eros, the shining god of love and attraction. Chaos - Mythopedia /r/GreekMythology is a community for the discussion of Greek Mythology, the body of myths and teachings that belong to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult . Chaos means "emptiness, vast void, chasm, abyss", from the greek word χεώς ''space, gap, abyss, void'' and the verb χαίνω, "gape, be wide open, etc.", cognate to Old English geanian, "to . There are conflicting stories about the beginnings of human life in Greek mythology. Greek Mythology: Gods, Heroes, Titans and Creatures | Mythology.net All other concepts and or beings were non-existent. Painting by C. Parada (but Chaos—the Hesiodic—cannot be represented). At some point (we are unclear on the how, as no partner is specified), five beings followed from this state of distortion. Biography Chaos is the parent of Tartarus (Abyss), Eros (Love), Erebus (Darkness), Nyx (Night) and Gaia (Mother Earth). With him she gave birth to the . Nothingness/Empty Matter (in the beginning) Gaia. "In truth at first Chaos came to be …" writes Hesiod, "but next wide-bosomed Earth …". 1 of 3 first beings created by Gaia and Uranus. It is believed that Chaos was something of a careless god who lived in a dark, chaotic void with no order whatsoever. Charon was the child of two early deities of the Greek pantheon, Nyx (Night) and Erebus (Darkness). Chaos was - most Greek cosmologies tell us - the very first of all, the origin of everything, the empty, unfathomable space at the beginning of time. The World of Chaos. Hesiod's Chaos. In Greek mythology, there was an abyss worse than the underworld.