Set spearing the chaos snake Apep

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

  • Leviathan (is referred to as a reptilian aquatic animal in the Bible, but has also been used as an image of Satan).

Mesopotamian

Western Eurasia

Celtic

Norse-Germanic

Graeco-Roman

Western Asia

Anatolian - Hittite

Hindu-Vedic

Persian Zorostarian

  • Angra Mainyu, Zoroastrian god of evil and opposed to Ahura Mazda, god of good

Manichaeism

Asia-Pacific / Oceania

Native Americas

See also

References

  1. ↑ Habel, Norman C. (1985). The Book of Job: A Commentary. Philadelphia, PA: Westminster Press. p. 162. ISBN 0-664-22218-8.
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