Natural and Sidereal Personifications
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Aether is the Upper Sky, offspring of
Erebus (Darkness of the Underworld) and Nyx (Night), or of Chaos, or of Chronos (Time), who some
say is the same as Cronos. Aether had
children by Hemera (Day): Gaia (Earth), Uranus (Sky) and Pontus (Sea) (AO.13; Hes.The.125; Hyg.Pre). |
Anatole is Dawn, one of the HORAE (see also Eos). |
Carpo is the bringer of Fruit, one of the HORAE. |
Dysis is Setting, one of the HORAE. |
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Eos is Dawn. |
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Eosphorus. Eosphorus has also been called Hesperus 1 and Phosphorus and Lucifer. But in fact this is the morning and the evening "star", which in reality is the planet calle Venus. In any case Eosphorus is the son of Eos (Dawn) either by Cephalus 2 or by Astraeus 1. He was husband of Philonis and was father by her of Ceyx. According to Conon, Philonis was daughter of Eosphorus (rather than her mate) (Apd.1.7.4; Con.7; Hes.The.378ff.; Hyg.Ast.2.42; Hyg.Fab.65, 161; Nonn.6.18; Ov.Met.11.271, 11.295; QS.5.132). |
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Gaia is Earth. |
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Helius is Sun. |
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Hemera is Day. Hemera comes from Chaos or else is the
offspring of Erebus (Darkness of the Underworld) and Nyx. From the union of
Hemera and Aether, some say, Gaia (Earth), Uranus (Sky), and Pontus (Sea) were born. And having consorted with Cephalus 2 (son of Hermes), Hemera gave birth to Phaethon 1, whom Aphrodite loved (Hes.The.124; Hyg.Pre; Pau.1.3.1). |
HORAE are called
the Hours and/or the Seasons. |
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Iris 1 is the
Rainbow. |
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Mesembria is Noon, one of the HORAE. |
Mist, some say, existed before Chaos (see also Myths of Creation) (Hyg.Pre.). |
MOUNTAINS. The MOUNTAINS are the
offspring of Gaia (Hes.The.131). |
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Nyx is Night. |
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Oceanus is the
Ocean. |
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Physis is Nature. She gave birth in some
unwedded way to the people of Beroe, without mate,
fatherless and motherless, when the atoms were
mingled in fourfold combination, and the seedless
ooze shaped a clever offspring by commingling water
with fiery heat and air, and quickened the teeming
mud with the breath of life. Physis also shaped Aphrodite. Nature (or God) also created the whole world (Nonn.41.51ff, 41.103; Ov.Met.1.1ff.). |
Pontus is the Sea, born either of Gaia, or of Aether and
Hemera. This is the offspring of Pontus by Gaia: Ceto 1, Phorcus, Thaumas 1, Nereus, Eurybia 1 and Briareus (Apd.1.2.2-6; Hes.The.131-2; Hyg.Pre.; TIT.3). |
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Selene is Moon. |
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Uranus is Sky. |
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WINDS. |
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