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A '''Chaotic
▲'''Chaotic Beings''' are [[Cosmic Entity|Cosmic entities]] such as [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Anthropomorphic Personifications]], [[Our Gods Are Greater|Gods]], and [[Eldritch Abomination|other beings]] connected to chaos. They represent chaos and anything related to it, like entropy. They may even be empowered by the chaos around them. Chaos is a force of change, and not all change is good; [[God of Evil|some deities can be evil.]] They might be [[Trickster God|tricksters]] while being good in their own way. These beings might even find joy in seeing chaos unfolded by their own machination or just reality taking its natural course. However, their possible weakness in [[Order Versus Chaos|order that can counter chaos]].
The concept of a being representing chaos is actually [[Older Than Dirt]], which can be traced back to Mesopotamia. They are often depicted as causing some form of hardship in one way or another. This is related to ''Chaoskampf'', which means
Some Chaotic
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Subverted with Nrvnqsr Chaos from ''[[Tsukihime]]'', a Dead Apostle who is a living mass of chaos and doesn't identify himself as a physical being. This chaos allows him to birth various organisms and makes Nrvnqsr difficult to kill under normal conditions. Despite being made of chaos, he is not a being of chaos; otherwise, Nrvnqsr couldn't be killed at all.
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** Lord Chaos is a being that personifies the concept of chaos through the universe and clashes with his opposite, Lord Order.
** The In-Betweener is the embodiment of dualistic concepts such as order and chaos. He was created by Master Order and Lord Chaos and used his powers to resolve balances. He is compared to Galactus as his opposite, as he is a union of Eternity and Death; Galactus is the absence of both.
== [[Literature]] ==
* Eris from the ''[[Percy Jackson]]'' series is the Greek Goddess of Chaos, Strife, and Discord, who seems to work under
** The Egyptian God of Chaos is Set in the ''[[Kane Chronicles]]'' where his strength is tied with Osiris and Horus. He and his brothers are the only forces said to counter Apophis whenever the serpent rises. He can gain more power from anything that causes chaos, like storms, and become almost invincible.
** Apophis is the manifestation of chaos and the main antagonist of the Kane Chronicles; he is the leader of the Forces of Chaos, an army made to fulfill his goal of swallowing Ra and plunging the world into eternal chaos.
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** The Trickster from ''Sarah Jane Chronicles'' is an extradimensional alien that feeds on chaos by making changes within the timeline, usually causing natural disasters.
▲== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==
* From ''[[Mesopotamian Mythology]]'', Tiamat is the primordial goddess of the sea and is a symbol of chaos. She is said to have filled the cosmic abyss with her husband, Abzu, with primal waters and being the mother of monsters.
* Set or Seth from [[Egyptian Mythology]] is the god of deserts, storms, and chaos. He is considered one of the greatest gods of the Egyptian pantheon. He is also viewed as the god of foreigners and was equated to deities like Baal. The Greeks demonized him as evil, so he is regarded as antagonistic in later depictions. Set gets associated with the uncertainties and hardships of the desert, leading to his reputation becoming more ignoble. His conflicts with his mortal enemy, Apep, also lead him to be related to serpents. This is ironic because later interpretations led to him being seen as evil even though he is seen as one of the only gods who can defeat the chaotic serpent.
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* ''[[Classical Mythology]]'' has Chaos as the first thing that existed, and the Titans such as Gaia, Tartarus, and Eros were born from it.
** Eris is the Greek goddess of discord and strife but wasn't known to have a temple in ancient Greece; thus, often, she acts more like a personification. She is famous for initiating the Trojan War using the Apple of Discord inscribed with the phrase “To the Fairest One” for the goddesses to argue over. Paris, the prince of Troy, was chosen by Zeus to choose Helen, the wife of Menelaus of Sparta, and doomed his city, which led to its destruction.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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* In ''[[Martin Mystery]]'', the Chaos Beast is a manifestation of chaos sealed in an old box. It has several abilities that defy physics and cause various calamities that plagued the town in which it was unsealed.
* Ahem, [[Meaningful Name|Chaos]] from the ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' TV series, a [[Trickster God]] who delights in unpredictability.
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