Adam and Lilith, in the storyline, are giant primordial beings who gave life to the world: Adam created the Angels, Lilith created humans.

In contrast to the other extant lists, there are eleven of these primordial beings, in two distinct groups, seven antediluvian and four postdiluvian:

As for the creation of the primordial beings themselves, the Nasadiya Sukta of Rigveda takes a near-agnostic stand: "The Gods are later than this world's production.

In this family tree, Azathoth is positioned as a primordial being, and the sole parent of Nyarlathotep, the Nameless Mist and Darkness.

The Chinese revere ancient bronzes almost as living things: mysterious, primordial beings resonant with ancestral history and power.

According to the enigmatic being known as Dys, Cynosure was built as the result of a struggle between two primordial cosmic beings.

When all the energy was collected, Dys would split back into the two primordial beings and creation would begin anew.

Humanity itself, in its primordial being, was disclosed to be the "God over all."

In the Exalted role-playing game, Malfeas is one of the Yozis, the primordial beings responsible for the creation of all demons.

Some said they were the daughters of Zeus and the Titaness Themis, or more likely of primordial beings like Nyx, Chaos or Ananke.