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Chaos is a primordial deity in Greek mythology, representing the void or formless state that existed before the ordered universe came into being. It matters in ancient Greek thought as the foundational concept explaining how the cosmos originated from nothingness, appearing in some of the oldest Greek creation stories.

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George Frederic Watts – Chaos

In the context of religious cosmogony, Chaos (Ancient Greek: χάος, romanized: kháos) refers to the division of reality outside or in contrast to the ordered cosmos. As such it refers to a state, place, or time beyond the known, familiar, and reliable world, often said to be inhabited by strange, ominous, or demonic beings.

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