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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.
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.
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 Horus of the night deities – Twelve goddesses of each hour of the night, wearing a five-pointed star on their heads Neb-t tehen and Neb-t heru, god and goddess of the first hour of night, Apis or Hep (in reference) and Sarit-neb-s, god and goddess of the second hour of night, M'k-neb-set, goddess of the third hour of night, Aa-t-shefit or ...
This is a list of goddesses, deities regarded as female or mostly feminine in gender. ... Duwe da (Night Woman) Luhdee; Totolmatha; Xa'a da (Day Woman) Quechuan. Incan.
Hecate (Ἑκάτη), goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, the Moon, ghosts, and necromancy; Pan (Πάν), god of shepherds, pastures, and fertility; Prometheus (Προμηθεύς). God of forethought and crafty counsel, and creator of mankind. Leto (Λητώ). Goddess of motherhood and mother of the twin Olympians, Artemis and Apollo.
Nótt rides her horse in this 19th-century painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo.. In Norse mythology, Nótt (Old Norse: , "night" [1]) is personification of the night.In both the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, composed in the 13th century, Nótt is listed as the daughter of a figure by the name of Nörvi (with variant spellings) and is ...
His name survived in spells and in proper names. [8] Armed usually with an axe, hammer, or spear, [9] he fights chaos demons. His figure is preserved in folklore primarily in the form of saint Elijah and saint George. [8] Veles: Hades: Veles is a god of multiple functions, such complexity making comparison with other deities difficult.