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Primordial Playing Cards USPCC

Primordial Playing Cards

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Every society has a story rooted in its most ancient traditions, of how the earth and sky originated. Most of these stories attribute the origin of all things to a Creator - whether God, Element or Idea. 

The ancient Greeks had a great variety of myths relating to the history of the world. Although they all shared a language and a culture, each village, each tribe had its own beliefs, its own version of the Creation story and its own gods who were responsible for cosmic order. Hesiod's Theogony (8th-7th century BC) was the first attempt to synthesize these traditions, which probably dated back to the Assyrian and Babylonian civilizations. 

In recounting the stages in the emergence of the gods from primordial chaos, Theogony offered an answer to the eternal questions of cosmogony: who created the world; what were the basic materials from which it was made; which came first, the gods, the stars or the elements? Not only did Theogony have a strong influence on Greek thought, it also anticipated in some ways today's theories of the origin of the world, particularly the idea of primordial chaos.

Primordial playing cards by Costa Pantazis and designed by Charles Adi (Blackout Brother) are based on this idea. The primordial deities are the first gods and goddesses born from the void of Chaos who formed the very fabric of the universe, were known as the Protogenoi (protos meaning "first," and genos "born").

  • 56 Custom Playing Cards  
  • Manufactured on Premium Playing Card Stock  
  • Foil and Embossing on Tuck Boxes  
  • Interior Tuck Print Design  
  • Numbered Seals (0001/2000)
  • Printed in the USA by USPCC
  • Double Back & Blank Face
  • 2019 Release

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Древняя мифология

Великолепная тематическая колода карт посвящённая мифологии древней греции. Очень качественные рисунки. Светлая колода карт для любых целей, а вот чёрная по моему мнению больше как коллекционный вариант! И еще один нюанс, сами карты намного красивее чем коробочка !!!

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Влад
Древняя мифология

Великолепная тематическая колода карт посвящëнная мифологии древней греции . Очень качественные рисунки . Светлая колода карт для любых целей , а вот чëрная по моему мнению больше как коллекционный вариант ! И ещë один нюанс, что очень хорошо , сами карты намного красивее чем коробочка !!!

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Brad
Work of art

Very nice artwork on all faces and back. Don’t really like using the as part of magic tricks tho. The designs are a bit distracting and people can’t immediately identify face cards, but really nice to practice with and show off.

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Justin H
Great Deck

I got these thrown in as a thank you with an order (Thanks for that!). Probably not a deck I would have ordered own, as I'm not a big mythology/fantasy person, but the black deck is simply stunning. Incredible detail and beautiful artwork. Great tuck box too. And of course they feel good.

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Martin
Brilliant

I have the Aether White deck, and I am very, very impressed with this deck. The artwork is stunning, the tuck is great, all the details are just right down to the tiniest intricacy. Superb addition to the collection.

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