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
- Balor
Norse-Germanic
- Midgard Serpent
- Nidhogg
- Surtr
- Ymir
- Loki
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 Zoroastrian
- 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
