Eris
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- This article is about a greek godess. For the recently-named dwarf planet, see 136199 Eris
Eris (Greek Ἒρις, "Strife") is the goddess of strife and discord in Greek mythology. She is the opposite of Harmonia, who is the goddess of harmony.
The Romans called her "Discordia" and left a likeness of her for posterity -- She was shown as a grotesque woman ith a pale and ghastly look, hr eyes afire, her garment ripped and torn, and as concealing a dagger in her bosom. Actually, most women look pale and ghastly when concealing a chilly dagger in their bosoms. Her genealogy is utterly confused. Either she was the twin of Ares and the daughter of Zeus and Hera; or she was the daughter of Nyx, goddess of night (who was either the daughter or wife of Chaos, or both), and Nyx's brother, Erebus.
Eris is also a counterculture figurehead, being the deity of the "religion disuised as a joke diguised as a religion" Discordianism. Discordianism is a philosophy which basically asserts that chaos is the natural way of the universe and "order and disorder" are just two different ways of looking at the same chaos, which is why they chose Eris as their figurehead, seeing that chaos and discord are about the same things. Their principal text, the "Principia Discordia" has this to say about Eris: "Suffice it to say that Eris is not hateful or malicious. But She is mischievous, and does get a little bitchy at times."
[edit] See also
- Harmonia - the goddess of harmony and the opposite god of Eris in Greek mythology.
