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In Greek mythology, Nyx (/ n ɪ k s / NIX; [2] Ancient Greek: Νύξ Nýx, , "Night") [3] is the goddess and personification of the night. [4] In Hesiod's Theogony, she is the offspring of Chaos, and the mother of Aether and Hemera (Day) by Erebus (Darkness). By herself, she produces a brood of children which are mainly personifications of ...
All they could do was wait and then feast on the dead. The Keres were daughters of Nyx, and as such the sisters of beings such as Moirai, who controlled the fate of souls, and Thanatos, the god of peaceful death. Some later authorities, such as Cicero, called them by a Latin name, Tenebrae ("the Darknesses"), and named them daughters of Erebus ...
Pages in category "Children of Nyx" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aether (mythology)
In Hesiod's Theogony, Philotes is described as one of the children of Nyx (Night). [1] In later genealogies given by Roman authors, she is the offspring of Erebus (Darkness) and Nox (the Roman name for Nyx). [2] Her siblings are said to be, among others, Apate (Deceit), Nemesis (Indignation), and Eris (Strife)
Here Are 176 Greek God and Goddess Names. ... Drusus — An old Roman family name, ... Nyx — The personification of night in Greek mythology. 80.
According to Hesiod's Theogony, Nemesis was one of the children of Nyx alone. [4] Nemesis has been described as the daughter of Oceanus, Erebus, or Zeus, [citation needed] but according to Hyginus she was a child of Erebus and Nyx. Some made her the daughter of Zeus by an unnamed mother. [5]
Similarly, Eris, the malevolent "Goddess of Discord and Chaos", is the main antagonist in the DreamWorks 2003 animated movie Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas against Sinbad and his allies. The dwarf planet Eris was named after this Greek goddess in 2006. [103] In 2019, the New Zealand moth species Ichneutica eris was named in honour of Eris. [104]
Nick Cannon is getting some quality time with his brood. The 43-year-old took to his Instagram Story on Thursday, January 4, to share some sweet moments with seven of his 12 children. “Had a ...