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.
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Set spearing the chaos snake Apep.
Africa and the Middle East
Afroasiatic Middle East
Arabian
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) wasn't originally evil but developed into a hated figure thanks to the invading Hyksos who identified him with their chief god, fights Apep.
Hebrew
Mesopotamian
Western Eurasia
Greaco-Roman
- Chaos (mythology), the "first thing that came into being" according to Hesiod
- Hydra (mythology)
- Typhon
Western Asia
Anatolian - Hittite
Hindu-Vedic
Persian Zorostarian
- Angra Mainyu, Zoroastrian god of evil and opposed to Ahura Mazda, god of good
Manichaeism
- Prince of Darkness
Asia-Pacific / Oceania
- Amatsumikaboshi, Japanese
Native Americas
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See also
- God of destruction (disambiguation)
External links
Media related to Chaos gods at Wikimedia Commons
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