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 | | Only fragments remain of the Theogony or cosmogony that seems to have constituted an important element in Orphic belief. |
 | | The first principle was Chronus (Time), sometimes described as a monstrous serpent having the heads of a bull and a lion with a god's face between; Chronus was accompanied by brooding Adrasteia (Necessity), and from Chronus came Aether, Chaos, and Erebus. |
 | | In Aether, Chronus fashioned an egg that split in two; and from this appeared the firstborn of all the gods, Phanes, the creator of everything, called by many names, among them Eros." He was a bisexual deity, with gleaming golden wings and four eyes, described as possessing the appearance of various animals. |
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