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The Norse night goddess Nótt riding her horse, in a 19th-century painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo. A night deity is a goddess or god in mythology associated with night, or the night sky. They commonly feature in polytheistic religions. The following is a list of night deities in various mythologies.
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 ...
The name of the Goddess of the Night (alternatively the Deity of the Night [2]) is conjectural, as only the logographic writing is known. [3] [1] The most common writing, DINGIR.GE 6, uses exclusively Sumerian signs, but variants with Akkadian complementation, DINGIR-LUM GE 6-ŠI and DINGIR-LIM GE 6, as well as a mixed Sumero-Akkadian writing, DINGIR-LIM MU-ŠI, are also known. [2]
The goddess Mušītu (d mu-ši-tu 4, d mu-ši-ti [179]), "night," [181] was worshiped in Emar. [178] According to Gary Beckman, her name most likely originates in a West Semitic language , [ 179 ] but Alfonso Archi notes it is possible she was a misunderstanding of the Hurrian theonym Mušuni. [ 180 ]
The Kingdom of Hyrule, [b] a medieval-based fantasy land, [40] [41] is the main setting of the series, which first appeared in The Legend of Zelda. Many of its areas have appeared throughout the series, such as Hyrule Castle, the Lost Woods, Kakariko Village, Death Mountain and Lake Hylia. Hyrule was formed by three goddesses: Din, [c] Farore ...
Night sky goddesses (3 C) Pages in category "Night goddesses" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Moros is the offspring of Nyx, the primordial goddess of the night. It is suggested by Roman authors that Moros was sired by Erebus, primordial god of darkness. [3] However, in Hesiod's Theogony it is suggested that Nyx bore him by herself, along with several of her other children.
Night goddesses (8 C, 23 P) Night gods (2 C, 18 P) S. Night sky deities (5 C) Sleep deities (3 C) Pages in category "Night deities"