A certain goddess represents now the upper air, now light, now lightning, and yet again clouds. […] According to other myths Night and Darkness were the prime elements of Nature and from them sprang Light. […] Apollo, the Light Triumphant. […] He approached his father’s presence, but stopped at a distance, for the light was more than he could bear. […] The earth cracked open, and through the chinks light broke into Tartarus, and frightened the king of shadows and his queen.