In Greek mythology Erebus (?????? Erebos, "Deep blackness/darkness or shadow" from Ancient Greek ) was the son of a primordial God, Chaos, the personification of darkness and shadow, which filled in all the corners and crannies of the world. He was the offspring of Chaos alone. He was brother of Nyx and father with her of Aether and Hemera, according to Hesiod (c. 700 BC).According to Hyginus (c. AD 1), he was the father of Geras. 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. The word is probably from Proto-Indo-European language, *h1reg^wos, cognate to Old Norse r?kkr, Gothic riqis "darkness", Sanskrit