In his highly speculative reconstruction of Mithraic cosmogony, Franz Cumont positioned Aion as Unlimited Time (sometimes represented as Saeculum, Cronus, or Saturn) as the god who emerged from primordial Chaos, and who in turn generated Heaven and Earth. Modern scholars call this deity the 'leonto‑cephaline' figure – a winged, lion-headed, nude male, whose torso is entwined by a serpent. He typically holds a sceptre, keys, and / or a thunderbolt. Nobody knows for sure who he was or what he represented, but aside from the lion-head, depictions of him have Aion's icons; in rare instances, his statue appears in mithrea with the human head, and with the lion-head gone, he is indistinguishable from Aion.[7]: 78
The Orphics sometimes merged Khronos/Aeon with the creator-god Phanes.
In Orphic literature, Phanes was believed to have been hatched from the world egg of Chronos and Ananke...
Jacob Bryant's Orphic Egg (1774) with Ananke
More interestingly...
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In ancient Greek religion, Ananke (/əˈnæŋkiː/; Ancient Greek: Ἀνάγκη), from the common noun ἀνάγκη ("force, constraint, necessity" NOTE:THIS WORDS ETYMOLOGY IS NOT KNOWN), is the Orphic personification of inevitability, compulsion and necessity. She is customarily depicted as holding a spindle. One of the Greek primordial deities, the births of Ananke and her brother and consort, Chronos (the personification of time, not to be confused with the Titan Cronus), were thought to mark the division between the eon of Chaos and the beginning of the cosmos.
(as a plural noun) necessities
τα απολύτως αναγκαία της ζωής ― ta apolýtos anagkaía (from what I understand if we assume the first part of ava foreign here this should be rewritten as avagaia as this combo here should make a g noise, not gk) ltis zoḯs ― the bare necessities of life
What's additionally interesting that though Gaia is familiar to many in Greek mythology as a personified earth the word itself is most likely a loan word with differing theories regarding its precise origin into the language however most indo European languages do concur with something having properties of earth or from earth or just earth in general do to various ge- gi- gy- gu- style words or prefixes. Obviously some of these involve gy-words referring to things such as gyro which everyone should be familiar with, or guros, Greek for circle. Which are very Similar to words like guja of South Slavic origin meaning serpent (гу́я) or used as an adjective to slither or move as a snake does
snakes, whirlpools, wheels, cycles, wombs, earth....
Additionally...
In Ancient Greek literature the word is also used meaning "fate" or "destiny" (ἀνάγκη δαιμόνων, "fate by the daemons or by the gods"), and by extension "compulsion or torture by a superior." She appears often in poetry, as Simonides does: "Even the gods don't fight against ananke"
EAWA-GAIA/GUJA/GYRA?
(insert obvious genesis reference to eve and the snake here, I suppose)
And there were another three who sat round about at equal intervals, each one on her throne, the Moirai (Moirae, Fates), daughters of Ananke, clad in white vestments with filleted heads, Lakhesis (Lachesis), and Klotho (Clotho), and Atropos (Atropus), who sang in unison with the music of the Seirenes, Lakhesis singing the things that were, Klotho the things that are, and Atropos the things that are to be . . . Lakhesis, the maiden daughter of Ananke .
Sound familiar?
Also do the math on this here - text is regarding ORPHIC MYTHOLOGY
Events then unfolded similarly to in the Theogony, with Kronos castrating his father Ouranos and swallowing his and Rheas Olympian children to prevent any challenge to his rulership. As Hesiod recounts, Zeus is spirited away by Rhea but does not simply defeat the Titans. Zeus swallowed Phanes the original creator and thus became “the beginning, middle, and end of all.” With Phanes’ power and Nyx’s counsel, Zeus recreated the universe. The Derveni Papyrus comments that Zeus achieved this incredible feat with the help of Moria, an incarnation of fate that gave Zeus mastery over reason and time itself.
The Magi admit what they did. it shows everywhere if you know where to look
Prometheus: Not in this way is Moira (Fate), who brings all to fulfillment, destined to complete this course. Only when I have been bent by pangs and tortures infinite am I to escape my bondage. Skill is weaker by far than Ananke (Necessity).
Chorus: Who then is the helmsman of Ananke (Necessity)?
Prometheus: The three-shaped (trimorphoi) Moirai (Moirae, Fates) and mindful (mnêmones) Erinyes (Furies).
Chorus: Can it be that Zeus has less power than they do?
Prometheus: Yes, in that even he cannot escape what is foretold.
Chorus: Why, what is fated for Zeus except to hold eternal sway?
Prometheus: This you must not learn yet; do not be over-eager.
Chorus: It is some solemn secret, surely, that you enshroud in mystery.
That's all for now
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totally and completely unrelated depictions of other deities
Note the lion and/or snakes
Ishtar
"snake goddess", from the palace of Knossos
Qetesh
Shakti
