ABSTRACT
Gathas, Yasna, 30, 4 9 First of all, the Void came into being, next broad-bosomed Earth, the solid
and eternal home of all, and Eros, the most beautiful of the immortal gods. Hesiod, Theogony, 116 (8th century BCE)
10 Once upon a time there existed gods but no mortal creatures. When the appointed time came for these also to be born, the gods formed them within the earth out of a mixture of earth and fire.
