Chaos (cosmogony)

In the context of religious cosmogony, Chaos (Ancient Greek: χάος, romanized: kháos) refers to the division of reality outside or in contrast to the ordered cosmos. As such it refers to a state, place, or time, beyond the known, familiar, and reliable world, often said to be inhabited by strange, ominous, or demonic beings.[1]

According to the creation of the universe (the cosmos) in early Greek cosmology, Chaos was the first being to exist.

  1. ^ Chaos, doi:10.1163/1872-5287_bdr_COM_00075, retrieved 2025-06-19
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