Greek Mythology

Tartarus

Family: primordial · Role: primordial deity · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.6

Life events

  • Earth and Tartarus brought forth Typhon, a hybrid between man and beast.(Apollodorus, Library 1.6 · 📍 Cilicia)
    • With: Earth Typhon
    • “Earth, still more enraged, had intercourse with Tartarus and brought forth Typhon in Cilicia , a hybrid between man and beast.”
  • Earth bears Typhoeus, fathered by Tartarus with Aphrodite’s aid.(Hesiod, Theogony 713-820)
    • With: Earth Typhoeus Aphrodite
    • “huge Earth bare her youngest child Typhoeus of the love of Tartarus, by the aid of golden Aphrodite.”

Apollodorus, Library 1.6

  • with Earth (They have sexual intercourse.) “Earth, still more enraged, had intercourse with Tartarus and brought forth Typhon in Cilicia, a hybrid between man and beast.”
  • child: Typhon “Earth, still more enraged, had intercourse with Tartarus and brought forth Typhon in Cilicia”

Apollodorus, Library 2.1

  • child: Echidna “Echidna, daughter of Tartarus and Earth”

Hesiod, Theogony 713-820

  • child: Typhoeus “huge Earth bare her youngest child Typhoeus of the love of Tartarus, by the aid of golden Aphrodite.”

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