Chaos gods

Personifications of chaos in mythology

Set spearing the chaos snake Apep

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

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### Afroasiatic Middle East

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#### Arabian

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* Falak
* Hinn and Binn

#### Canaanite

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* Yam, god of the sea and primordial chaos
* Tannin (monster)[1]

#### Egyptian

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* 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

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* Leviathan (is referred to as a reptilian aquatic animal in the Bible, but has also been used as an image of Satan).

#### Mesopotamian

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* Tiamat

## Western Eurasia

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### Celtic

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

### Norse-Germanic

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* Midgard Serpent
* Nidhogg
* Surtr
* Ymir
* Loki

### Graeco-Roman

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* 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

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#### Anatolian - Hittite

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* Illuyanka

#### Hindu-Vedic

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* Vritra

### Persian Zoroastrian

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* Angra Mainyu, Zoroastrian god of evil and opposed to Ahura Mazda, god of good

Manichaeism

* Prince of Darkness

## Asia-Pacific / Oceania

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* Amatsumikaboshi, Japanese

## Native Americas

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* Cipactli
* Juracán
* Tau (mythology)
* Unhcegila

## See also

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* God of destruction (disambiguation)

## References

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1. ^ Habel, Norman C. (1985). The Book of Job: A Commentary. Philadelphia, PA: Westminster Press. p. 162\. ISBN 0-664-22218-8.

## External links

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* Media related to Chaos gods at Wikimedia Commons

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