Aether also served as a protector, to separate humans and earthly beings from TARTARUS, the god of the lowest and deepest parts of Hades, the Underworld. With his presence, he was able to keep both this darkness and the lord of it away from MORTALS and their world. Aether also had POWERS to control the sun, the moon, the stars, and the clouds, as well.

Aether and Hemera were not only brother and sister, but husband and wife in the mythological story, as well. Some stories don’t mention whether they’ve had children, but other myths talk about their sons and daughters: one of them is Thalassa, the goddess of the sea, others are the rain cloud nymphs or the Nephelae.

These first, ancient, primordial gods and goddesses of Greek Mythology are not very well-known today. They became the father and mother figures of other, newer, more famous deities. Eventually, most stories stopped mentioning them altogether, replacing their mythology with other figures.

Aether and the other primordial gods were loved and honored by ancient humankind, but there is no current knowledge or proof that there ever were any temples dedicated to their service or rituals done in their honor.