# Humanity — Omega character guide

> Humanity in Omega by Camille Flammarion.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** its

**First appearance:** 0000-part-i-i

## Who they are

Abstract concept personified as a character in the book.

## Relationships

### [Eva](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/characters/eva)

_social_

Eva interacts with humanity as a representative or observer, but the connection is distant and abstract.

### [Omegar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/characters/omegar)

_psychological_

Humanity is in a fraught, possibly manipulative or apocalyptic relationship with Omegar, who may represent an end-times figure.

### [St. Peter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/characters/st_peter)

_social_

Humanity and St. Peter have a distant, symbolic connection as shepherd and flock.

### [Christ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/characters/christ)

_friendship_

Christ and humanity are linked by divine love and redemption, though the relationship is asymmetrical.

### [Eva](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/characters/eva)

_social_

Eva interacts with humanity as a representative or observer, but the connection is distant and abstract.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/chapters/part-i-i)

Humanity is depicted in a state of panic and paralysis, ceasing all normal activities as the end of the world approaches.

### [The Comet of Doom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/chapters/part-i-ii)

Depicted as collectively anxious, hoping, and fearing the comet's approach.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/chapters/part-i-iii)

Referenced as the collective subject of the comet's potential effects and the focus of the debate.

### [A History of the End of the World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/chapters/part-i-vi)

Discussed as the subject of prophecies and fears across centuries, facing catastrophes and the idea of final destruction.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/chapters/part-i-vii)

Humanity experiences terror, panic, and physical suffering as the comet approaches, but ultimately survives and advances.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/chapters/part-ii-i)

Humanity is depicted as evolving from barbarism to a pacific, scientifically advanced society, having overcome war and achieved global unity.

### [The Flux of Ages](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/chapters/part-ii-ii)

Humanity is depicted as migrating, evolving, and adapting across millennia, with races and languages transforming completely.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/chapters/part-ii-iii)

Humanity is depicted as advancing through progress to a peak of intelligence, peace, and beauty, only to face inevitable decline and extinction.

### [The Last Heir](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/chapters/part-ii-iv)

The human race is reduced to a few hundred, then two groups, and finally Omegar alone; its history and achievements are forgotten.

### [The Last Woman and the Summons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/chapters/part-ii-v)

Referenced as the race that has perished, leaving only Eva and Omegar.

### [Χ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/chapters/part-ii)

Implied as the beings whose existence depends on the Sun's heat, though not directly active in the chapter.

### [Ψ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/chapters/part-ii)

Humanity is implicitly the subject of the scientific and philosophical inquiry into the universe's fate.

### [Ω](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/chapters/part-ii)

Humanity is the subject of the meditation, as the chapter reflects on human conceptions of time, space, and the cosmos.

### [Α](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/chapters/part-ii)

Humanity's physical forms are consumed in the cosmic fire, but their immortal souls transcend to a new life with God.

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