Ontophanes

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  • ontos (οντος): (Greek) being
  • Phanes (φανης): (Greek) deity of light and goodness, whose name means "to bring light" or "to shine"; a first-born god of light who emerges from a void or a watery abyss and gives birth to the universe
  • phanein (φανειν): (Greek) to manifest
  • ontophanes: ontology - the study of the nature of being; phanes = explains