Primordial Pair



Primordial pair refers to a couple, usually deities, from whom everything in a mythology originates. Sometimes the two members of the Primordial Pair are brought into existence by one lone deity; sometimes one member of the pair creates the other.

Primordial pairs

 * Egyptian
 * Ra (male) and Hathor (female)
 * Shu (male) and Tefnut (female)
 * Geb (male) and Nut (female)
 * Greek
 * Chronos (male) and Ananke (female)
 * Ouranós (male) and Gaia (female)
 * Erebus (male) and Nyx (female)
 * 1232.jpgn (male) and Eurynome (female)
 * Japanese: Izanagi (male) and Izanami (female)
 * Korean: Yul-ryeo (possibly male) and Mago (female)
 * Maori: Ranginui (male) and Papatuanuku (female)
 * Roman: Caelus (male) and Tellus (female)