Phanes

Phanes, or Protogonos, was the primeval deity of procreation and the generation of new life, who was introduced into Greek mythology by the Orphic tradition; other names for this Classical Greek Orphic concept included Ericapaeus and Metis.

In these myths, Phanes was often equated with Eros and Mithras and has been deicted as a deity emerging from a cosmic egg, entwined with a serpent. He had a helmet and had broad, golden wings. The Orphic cosmogony is bizarre and quite unlike the creation sagas offered by Homer and Hesiod.