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Eros (Ερος)

Roman Name; Amor

Translation; Sexual Desire

Original God of Love

Primordial God of Procreation


Eros was the unintentional second son of Gaia, who she materialized unknowingly. He is the embodiment of love, lust and desire. All of these things who were in Gaia forced themselves together to create Eros. So he became one of the first Primordial Gods. Eros does play minor roles in a few various myths, however being the God of love, lust, desire and procreation, he is always busy and mostly keeps his toes out of drama.


Family Ties; Eros mother is Gaia, he has siblings such as Tartarus, Uranus, Erebus, and Nyx. He is also associated with, and helped with the bringing into existence of both Physis (Nature) and Thesis (Creation).

Tributes; The symbol of Eros is an Egg, his representation of procreation. His symbolic animal was also birds, as he was a sub god of birds, this leaves many birds as his animal symbol.


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