
Eris
n : (Greek mythology) goddess of discord; sister of Ares
Source: WordNet® 2.0
Eris /e'ris/ n. The Greek goddess of Chaos, Discord, Confusion, and
Things You Know Not Of; her name was latinized to Discordia and she was
worshiped by that name in Rome. Not a very friendly deity in the
Classical original, she was reinvented as a more benign personification
of creative anarchy starting in 1959 by the adherents of {Discordianism}
and has since been a semi-serious subject of veneration in several
`fringe' cultures, including hackerdom. See {Discordianism}, {Church of
the SubGenius}.
Source: The Jargon File