According to Hesiod in the Theogony, at the start of the cosmos. Erebus was one of the primordial gods, one of the Protogenoi, or first born deities. Erebus was the Greek god of the Underworld and his name meant place of darkness between earth and Hades. Erebus and Nox then go on to give birth to deities such as the Fates (the Moirai), the Hesperides (Nymphs of the West), Styx, the Keres (bringers of violent death), Nemesis (Divine Retribution), Thanatos (Death), Hypnos (Sleep), Geras (old age), and Eris (Strife). Erebus, or Erebos as the god is also referred to, is not a famous god of the Greek pantheon, and is one rarely mentioned in ancient sources, but he was a god who can be considered to be important. Erebus was the father of many gods and goddesses, including Aether, Hypnos (Sleep,) and Thanatos (Death.) According to the Roman author Hyginus, Erebus was also the father of Geras, the god of old age. In this account, Erebus is the offspring of Caligine (Mist) and Chaos. It was the personification of the deep darkness and shadows.
In the Fabulae, a book written by Latin author Hyginus, Erebus is instead the brother of Nyx (Latin Nox), Hemera (Latin Day), and Aether. Erebus was one of the primordial deities in Greek mythology, born out of the primeval void, Chaos. By Nyx, Erebus fathered two deities – Aether (Bright Upper Sky) and Hemera (Day).
In this creation myth, Erebus takes his sister Nyx as his consort, and the two deities go on to bring forth many deities, who themselves were personifications of abstract concepts or places. Hesiod states that Erebus and Nyx appeared after other primordial deities such Gaia (Earth), Eros (Love), and Tartarus (Abyss) had emerged.
Ancient Greek poet Hesiod’s explanation of the emergence of the first deities (i.e.
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