In Greek Mythology or '''Érebos''' was a primordial god, the personification of darkness. He was the offspring of Chaos alone. He was brother of Nyx and father of Aether by himself. With Nyx, he fathered Hemera , Moros , Charon , Eros and the Keres .
According to some later legends, Erebus was part of Hades , the underworld. It was where the dead had to pass immediately after dying. After Charon ferried them across the river Acheron , they entered Tartarus , the underworld proper. Erebus was often used as a synonym for Hades , the Greek god of the underworld. Also, Erebus was the name of the gloomy space through which souls passed on their way to Hades .
- h1regwos'', cognate to Old Norse ''rœkkr'', Gothic ''riqis'' "darkness", Sanskrit ''rajani'' "night", Tocharian ''orkäm'' "darkness". Another suggestion is a loan from Semitic , c.f. Hebrew ''erebh'' and Akkadian ''erebu'' "sunset, evening" (hence, "darkness"). The same etymology of "sunset" has been suggested for '' Europe ''.
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