Editing Chronos (section)

==Mythology==
In the [[Orphic]] tradition, the unaging Chronos was "engendered" by "earth and water", and produced [[Aether (mythology)|Aether]], [[Chaos (mythology)|Chaos]], and an egg.<ref>West, p. 178.</ref> The egg produced the hermaphroditic god [[Phanes (mythology)|Phanes]] who gave birth to the first generation of gods and is the ultimate creator of the [[cosmos]].

[[Pherecydes of Syros]] in his lost {{Lang|grc-Latn|Heptamychos}} ("''The seven recesses"''), around 6th century BC, claimed that there were three eternal principles: ''Chronos'', ''Zas'' ([[Zeus]]) and ''Chthonie'' (the [[chthonic]]). The semen of Chronos was placed in the recesses of the Earth and produced the first generation of gods.<ref>Kirk, Raven, and Schofield, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=kFpd86J8PLsC&pg=PA24 24], [https://books.google.com/books?id=kFpd86J8PLsC&pg=PA56 56].</ref>