The Orphic Hymns Chronos who spawned Aither (Ether), Chaos (Unorder), and Erebos (Darkness)

In Orphic tradition, Chronos, or "Unageing Time", is the first being to exist. He is "engendered" by "earth and water" and gives birth to Aether (Ether) Chaos (Unorder), and Erebos (Darkness). Chronos then creates a cosmic egg in Ether, which hatches Phanes, a hermaphroditic god who is known as Protogonos, Eros, Metis, and Dionysus. Phanes is described as a beautiful androgynous figure with a lion's head and golden wings. He gives birth to the first generation of gods, including Nyx (Night