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Chthonie

deity earth Greek single tradition · 2

Chthonie is the name used by Pherecydes for the primeval goddess who later became Ge. Musaeus uses the same name for the oracular goddess of Delphi. No further information is given in this text.

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When

First attested
600 BCE
Attested period
-600 – 2020
Historical notes
Referenced by Pherecydes (6th century BCE).

Relationships

aspect of
Ge
consort of
Zas
manifests as
Ge
co occurs with
Gaia, Zeus, Apollo, Hades, Persephone, Themis, Plátaia, Erichthonius, Pandora, Io, Dyaus, Prithvi, Hera

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (2)
  1. Gaia
  2. Hera

Source passages

“Pherecydes uses the name Chthonie for the primeval goddess who later became Ge and Musaeus the same name for the oracular goddess of Delphi.”

#28367 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Pherecydes of Syros in his cosmogony describes the mating of two divine principles: The marriage of Zas with Chthonie...after the marriage "Cthonie" becomes Ge”

#28552 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5