Chaos deity

A chaos deity is a deity or more often a figure or spirit in mythology associated with or being a personification of primordial chaos. The following is a list of chaos deities in various mythologies.

Japanese mythology

 * Amatsumikaboshi

Indo-European mythology

 * Angra Mainyu, Zoroastrian god of evil and opposed to Ahura Mazda, god of good
 * Chaos (mythology), the "first thing that came into being" according to Hesiod
 * Hinn and Binn
 * Hydra
 * Illuyanka
 * Jǫrmungandr
 * Níðhǫggr
 * Prince of Darkness
 * Typhon
 * Vritra
 * Ymir and jǫtnar in general
 * Surtr

Near and Middle Eastern

 * Falak
 * Leviathan
 * Tannin (monster)
 * Tiamat

Egyptian mythology

 * Nu primordial waters
 * Apep the ultimate evil of Egyptian mythology in snake form
 * Set wasn't originally evil but developed into a hated figure thanks to the invading Hyksos who identified him with their chief god, fights Apep.
 * Isfet chaos, disorder, and injustice - opposed to Maat

American mythology

 * Cipactli
 * Juracán
 * Tau (mythology)
 * Unhcegila