Greek mythology
Erebus
Primordial darkness of the deep underworld
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Parents
- Chaos
- Group
- Divine · Primordials · Underworld
- Appears in
- Birth of the Cosmos
- Places
- The Primordial Void
- Family tree
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Erebus is the personification of deep shadow, the unlit gloom that fills the hollows beneath the earth. Born of Chaos alongside Night, he is the darkness through which the dead must pass on their way to Hades. With Nyx he fathers the gentle light of Day and the airy brightness of Aether, darkness giving birth to its own opposite.
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- Who is Erebus?
- Erebus is the personification of deep shadow, the unlit gloom that fills the hollows beneath the earth. Born of Chaos alongside Night, he is the darkness through which the dead must pass on their way to Hades.
- Which mythology does Erebus belong to?
- Erebus belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Erebus appear in?
- Erebus appears in Birth of the Cosmos, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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