Chaos

Chaos is a term that refers to the state in which there is no order or predictability. The word comes from the Ancient Greek word χάος.

“”The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.
—Theodor W. Adorno in Minima Moralia[1]
Not to be confused with the scientific theory, Chaos theory

Chaos in religion

Greek myth

In Greek creation myths, the state before the creation of the universe is known as chaos. In Greek myths, Chaos is actually a Primordial Entity or "Protogenoi", which were the first beings to come into existence, before even the titans. Most people would be more familiar with the Protogenoi Gaia, and Chronos.

Creation and Chaos in mythology

Fighting against chaos appears as a common motif, and is referred to as chaoskampf, which is German for "struggle against chaos". Chaoskampf appears in the form of hero gods fighting against powers of chaos.

gollark: Approximately, sure. But with higher skilled jobs. And you could still have offices and whatnot if your contract included coming in to physically work with people.
gollark: > cuz if everyone would run a business things wouldnt go well(responding to this)
gollark: Not under the current model of work, but you could replace "go to work and are paid to do whatever is directed by someone" with "hired on contract to perform some specific task".
gollark: Um, very late, but stuff probably could still work fine if everyone was self-employed in some way.
gollark: (I also now want to see if we can convince him we're agents of Russian intelligence)

References
For those of you in the mood, RationalWiki has a fun article about Chaos.
  1. http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/adorno/1951/mm/ch03.htm
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