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.

Africa and the Middle East

Afroasiatic Middle East

Arabian

• Falak
• Hinn and Binn

Canaanite

• Yam, god of the sea and primordial chaos
• Tannin (monster)

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

• Tiamat

Western Eurasia

Celtic

• Fomorians – monstrous Irish sea-demons deposed by the Tuatha dé Danann

Norse-Germanic

• Midgard Serpent
• Nidhogg
• Surtr
• Ymir

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
• Eris
• Hydra (mythology)
• Typhon

Western Asia

Anatolian - Hittite

• Illuyanka

Hindu-Vedic

• Vritra

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

• Cipactli
• Juracán
• Tau (mythology)
• Unhcegila

See also

• God of destruction (disambiguation)

References

External links

• Media related to Chaos gods at Wikimedia Commons

1. Warhammer 40,000
2. Northern Chaos Gods
3. Total War: Warhammer III
4. Apep
5. Set (deity)
6. Immortal (band)
7. Azathoth
8. Yaldabaoth
9. Nyarlathotep
10. Amatsu-Mikaboshi
11. Greek primordial deities
12. List of deities by classification
13. Tlaltecuhtli
14. Warhammer Fantasy (setting)
15. Ancient Egyptian deities
16. Tau (mythology)
17. Tezcatlipoca
18. The Horus Heresy
19. Lotan
20. Typhon