In the beginning there was Chaos. Chaos was a gap of some sort, so it only makes sense that out of a black hole (so to speak), Darkness and Night would emerge. These, named Erebos and Nyx, respectively, were the children of Chaos.
Generation 2 Part 1 - Darkness and Night's Children
The mating of these two dark forces, Erebos (Darkness) and Nyx (Night), produced Brightness (Aither) and Day (Hemere).
Generation 2 Part 2 - Night's Children
Without sexual relations, Nyx produced a host of offspring on its own: