Primordial Pair

Izanagi and Izanami

Primordial pair refers to a couple, usually deities, from whom everything in a mythology originates. Sometimes the two members of the Primordial Pair are brought into existence by one lone deity; sometimes one member of the pair creates the other.

Primordial pairs

• Egyptian
  • Ra (male) and Hathor (female)
  • Shu (male) and Tefnut (female)
  • Geb (male) and Nut (female)
• Greek
  • Chronos (male) and Ananke (female)
  • Ouranós (male) and Gaia (female)
  • Erebus (male) and Nyx (female)

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    Nut (supported by Shu)and Geb.

    Ophion (male) and Eurynome (female)
• Japanese: Izanagi (male) and Izanami (female)
• Korean: Yul-ryeo (possibly male) and Mago (female)
• Maori: Ranginui (male) and Papatuanuku (female)
• Roman: Caelus (male) and Tellus (female)