Chaos gods
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.
Africa and the Middle East
Afroasiatic Middle East
Arabian
Canaanite
Egyptian
- Apep the ultimate evil of Egyptian mythology in snake form
- Isfet chaos, disorder, and injustice - opposed to Maat
- Nu (mythology) primordial waters
- Set (deity) was not originally evil, but developed into a hated figure thanks to the invading Hyksos who identified him with their chief god, fights Apep.
Hebrew
Mesopotamian
Western Eurasia
Celtic
- Fomorians – monstrous Irish sea-demons deposed by the Tuatha dé Danann
- Balor
Norse-Germanic
Graeco-Roman
- Chaos (mythology), the "first thing that came into being" according to Hesiod
- Dionysus, in some cases thought to be a god of chaos
- Eris
- Hydra (mythology)
- Typhon
Western Asia
Anatolian - Hittite
Hindu-Vedic
Persian Zoroastrian
- Angra Mainyu, Zoroastrian god of evil and opposed to Ahura Mazda, god of good
Asia-Pacific / Oceania
- Amatsumikaboshi, Japanese