Tartarus
Tartarus is a primordial deity and a deep abyss in the underworld. He is described as the father of Echidna, with Gaia as the mother.
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When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Referenced by Apollodorus (1st or 2nd century AD).
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Phanes, Rhea, Theia, Iapetus, Gaea, Titans, Astraeus, Ephialtes, Coeus, Otus, Aloadae, Aegaeon, Aegipan, Briareus, Chrysaor, Phorcys, Ceto, Callirhoe, Styx, Peiras, Cronus, Uranus, Zeus, Hermes, Hera, Athena, Poseidon, Moirai, Thetis, Delphyne
- consort of
- Gaia
- child of
- Terra
Mentioned by
- Chrysaor
- Phorcys
- Ceto
- Callirhoe
- Styx
- Peiras
- Cronus
- Uranus
- Zeus
- Hermes
- Hera
- Athena
- Poseidon
- Moirai
- Thetis
- Delphyne
and 1 more
Sources
Source passages
“according to the mythographer Apollodorus (1st or 2nd century AD), Echidna was the daughter of Tartarus and Gaia. In one account, from the Orphic tradition, Echidna was the daughter of Phanes (the Orphic father of all gods).”
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“But afterwards, Gaia, in union with Tartarus, bore the youngest of her sons Typhon, who would be the last challenge to the authority of Zeus.”
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“Krios and Hyperion are destroyed by Tartarus.”
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“including the huge monster Typhon, the offspring of Gaia and Tartarus, whom Zeus finally defeated with his thunderbolt”
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“Typhon is the offspring of Gaia and Tartarus, produced out of anger at Zeus's defeat of the Giants.”
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