(source: wikipedia)In Greek mythology, Erebus (; , "deep darkness, shadow"),[.] or Erebos, is the personification of darkness and one of the primordial deities. Hesiod's Theogony identifies him as one of the first five beings in existence, born of Chaos.
The perceived meaning of Erebus is "darkness"; the first recorded instance of it was "place of darkness between earth and Hades". The name Ἔρεβος itself originates from Proto-Indo-European "darkness" (cf. Sanskrit rájas, Gothic riqis, Old Norse røkkr).
