Primordials

> We are they that knows the vastness of Creation. We were there when you crawled out of the ocean for the first time, an human in a embryo. Your power is naught compared to Ours.
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> Many Primordials.

> Primordial Beings, the eldest entities…ever, can you imagine how much they can mess with creation if they act too much?
>
> Dantalion about the Primordials.

The **Primordials** were the basic components of the universe which emerged at Creation. They included earth, air, sea, sky, water, underworld, darkness, night, light, day, procreation and time. They are among the most powerful beings in all of creation, rivaling the Outer Gods and even surpassing several lesser Archangels in power and strength along with being the ancestors of the Pagan Gods. Although they are still relatively weaker when compared to God, Chaos, and the Endless.

## Overview

As the first born of the immortals, who formed the very fabric of the universe, they were primarily known in Greek mythology as the Protogenoi (protos meaning "first," and genos "born"). They were, for the most part, purely elemental beings; example such as Ouranos being the Sky and Gaia being the Earth. A few of them were occasionally described or portrayed in anthropomorphic form, however these forms were inevitably inseparable from their native element.

Even though the main Primordials are Greek, not all Primordials are them. All Primordials did come from Chaos or God or one of their avatars like Amatsu-Mikaboshi (for Chaos) or Brahman (for God). These Primordials would either serve either Chaos or God and along with the Protogenoi, they maintain Creation.

## History

The Primordials were said to have been fashioned by God and given life by Asherah. It is said that God cupped his hands within the waters of chaps before Asherah breathed life into the puddle. Asherah dipped her fingers into the content and flicked them forward creating the Primordials. After the defeat and imprisonment of Azathoth, God then turned His attention to these primeval beings. The angels at first opted to destroy them in fear that they might turn against them just as the Ogdru Jahad did, but God refused for He noticed that despite being born out of the chaos that molded with life, they were rather benevolent, and thus spared them.

Seeing that they embody the components of creation itself, Asherah convinced her consort to assigned them with becoming these very components once the universe and all its concepts were done in order for the "natural wheel" to spin in a stabilized manner. Both God and the Primordials agreed and carried on with this task. Once complete, they laid dormant in their natural state for many centuries and in the process gave birth to other primeval deities. To this day they remain inactive and take no part whatsoever in the events that transpire concerning the mortal realms, for they are one with the forces and concepts they embody.

It is generally believed that the Primordials represent the "light" of creation while their counterparts the Ogdru Jahad represent the dark. The Primordials were used as tools of power during the war against Azathoth. The Primordials also had children known as the Second-Generations Primordials.

## Notable Primordial Groups

The Kotoamatsukami (which literally means distinguishing heavenly kami) are the collective name for the first Shinto gods which came into existence at the time of the creation of the universe. They were born in Takamagahara, the Shinto sector of Heaven at the time of the creation. Unlike the later gods, these deities were born without any procreation only created by Chaos' avatar Amatsu-Mikaboshi. The next generation of gods that followed was the Kamiyonanayo where afterwards, the Kotoamatsukami "hides away" as Hitorigami. Though the Zōkasanshin (three deity of Creation) are thought to be genderless, another theory stated Kami-Musuhi was the woman and Takami-Musubi the man, comparing them with water and fire or with yin and yang.

The Ogdoad were eight Egyptian primordial deities worshiped in Hermopolis. References to the Ogdoad date to the Old Kingdom of Egypt, and even at the time of composition of the Pyramid Texts towards the end of the Old Kingdom, they appear to have been antiquated and mostly forgotten by everyone except religious experts. They are frequently mentioned in the Coffin Texts of the Middle Kingdom. They are described as having the heads of frogs (male) and serpents (female), and they are often depicted in this way in reliefs of the Ptolemaic Kingdom

## Primordials

### Protogenoi (Greek Primordials)

* Chronos: Greek Primordial God of Time
* Nyx: Greek Primordial Goddess of the Night
* Erebus: Greek Primordial God of Darkness and Mist
* Tartarus: Greek Primordial God of the Abyss (The Underworld)
* Gaia: Greek Primordial Goddess of the Earth and the Land
* Eros: Greek Primordial God of Love
* Ouranos: Greek Primordial God of the Sky and the Heavens
* Hemera: Greek Primordial Goddess of the Day
* Pontus: Greek Primordial God of the Sea
* Achlys: Greek Primordial Goddess of the Mist of Death and the Eternal Night
* Ananke: Greek Primordial Goddess of Inevitability, Compulsion and Necessity
* Aion: Greek Primordial God of the Ages
* Caligo: Greek Primordial Goddess of the Abyss

### Roman Primordials

* Nox: Roman Primordial Goddess of the Night
* Scotus: Greek Primordial God of Darkness and Mist
* Tartarus: Roman Primordial God of the Underworld
* Terra: Roman Primordial Goddess of the Earth and the Land
* Caelus: Roman Primordial God of the Sky and the Heavens
* Dies: Roman Primordial Goddess of the Day
* Pontus: Roman Primordial God of the Sea
* Achlys: Roman Primordial Goddess of the Mist of Death and the Eternal Night

### Norse Primordials

* Búri: Norse Aesir Primordial God of Creation
* Ýmir: Norse Jötnar Primordial God of Ice
* Surtr: Norse Jötunn Primordial God of Fire
* Auðumbla: Norse Primordial Creature of the Beginning

### Egyptian Primordials (Sometimes called the Ogdoad)

* Nun: Egyptian Primordial God of the Watery Abyss
* Naunet: Egyptian Primordial Goddess of the Watery Abyss
* Heh: Egyptian Primordial God of Infinity and Eternity
* Hauhet: Egyptian Primordial Goddess of Infinity
* Kek: Egyptian Primordial God of the Darkness and the Day and
* Kauket: Egyptian Primordial Goddess of the Darkness and the Day a
* Qerḥ: Egyptian Primordial Snake God of the Night
* Qerḥet: Egyptian Primordial Snake Goddess of the Night
* Amun: Egyptian Primordial Ram God of the Air
* Amunet: Egyptian Primordial Ram Goddess of the Air
* Apep: Egyptian Primordial World Serpent of Chaos
* Ptah: Egyptian Primordial of Creation

### Mesopotamian Primordials

* Abzu: Babylonian Primordial God of the Fresh Water
* Tiamat: Babylonian Primordial Goddess of the Salt Water, the Ocean, the Primordial Chaos and Dragons
* Lahmu: Babylonian Primordial God of the Zodiac, Parent Stars and Constellations
* Lahamu: Babylonian Primordial Goddess of the Water Depths, Zodiac, Parent-Stars, and Constellations
* Anshar: Babylonian Primordial God of the Sky and the Heavens
* Kishar: Babylonian Primordial Goddess of the Earth
* Engur:  Sumerian Primordial God of the Fresh Water
* Nammu: Sumerian Primordial Goddess of the Salt Water, the Ocean and Primordial Chaos
* Anu: Sumerian Primordial God of the Sky and the Heavens
* Ki: Sumerian Primordial Goddess of the Earth

### Kotoamatsukami (Japanese Primordials)

* Amenominakanushi: Shinto Primordial God of Creation and Control
* Kami-Musubi: Shinto Primordial Goddess of Creation and Divinity
* Takami-Musubi: Shinto Primordial Goddess of Creation and Conquest
* Umashi'ashikabihikoji: Shinto Primordial God of Energy
* Amenotokotachi: Shinto Primordial God of the Heavens
* Amatsu-Mikaboshi: Shinto Primordial God of Darkness, Evil, Chaos, the Stars and the Void

### Hindu Primordials

* Brahma: Hindu Primordial God of the Highest Universal Principle
* Vishnu: Hindu Primordial God of the True Self of the Individual and The God of Gods (Brother of Adi Parashakti)
* Adi Parashakti: Hindu Primordial Goddess of Cosmic Energy of Existence and the Goddess Of Gods (Female Half/Wife of Shiva)
* Shiva: Hindu Primordial God of Existence, Universal Order and the Greatest of Gods (Male Half/Husband of Adi Parashakti)

### Aztec Primordials

* Ometeotl: Aztec Primordial God of Fertility, Nature and Duality
* Ometecuhtli: Aztec Primordial God of Life and Masculinity (Male Half of Ometeotl)
* Ometecuhtli: Aztec Primordial Goddess of Life and Femininity (Female Half of Ometeotl)
* Cipactli: Aztec Primordial Eldritch Monster of the Primeval Seas.
* Coatlicue: Aztec Primordial Goddess of Earth and Snakes

### Finnish and Baltic

* Dievas: Primordial God of Baltic mythology
* Ilmatar: Primordial Goddess of the Finnish mythology

### Semitic

* El: Primordial King of the Gods
* Asherah: Primordial Goddess of Divinity, Lordship, and Transcendence

### Other Primordials

* Chaos: Greek Primordial God of the Darkness,Eternity,Void and Non-existence.
* God: Abrahamic Primordial 'God' of Light, Good, Purity, Heaven, Order and all of Creation
* Death: Abrahamic Primordial Entity of Death
* Astarte: Primordial Goddess of Love, Beauty, Motherhood and Fertility
* Ouroboros: Primordial Dragon of Infinity
* Scarlet King: Primordial Demon of Nihilism and Destruction