cosmogeny

The Greek creation story began with only chaos. Then out of the void appeared Erebus, the unknowable place where death dwells, and Night. It was a place of death and silence; it was an endless abyss of darkness. Then somehow Love was born and from it came Light and Day. Once there was Light and Day, Gaea, the earth, appeared. Afterwards Erebus mated with Night, who bore Ether. She was the heavenly light. Then Night …

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