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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 ...
In Greek mythology, the Keres (/ˈkɪriːz/; Ancient Greek: Κῆρες) were female death-spirits. They were the goddesses who personified violent death and who were drawn to bloody deaths on battlefields. [citation needed] Although they were present during death and dying, they did not have the power to kill. All they could do was wait and ...
In Greek mythology, Erebus (/ ˈ ɛr ə b ə s /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἔρεβος, romanized: Érebos, lit. '"darkness, gloom"'), [ 2 ] or Erebos , is the personification of darkness. In Hesiod 's Theogony , he is the offspring of Chaos , and the father of Aether and Hemera (Day) by Nyx (Night); in other Greek cosmogonies, he is the father of ...
In Greek mythology, Aether, Æther, Aither, or Ether (/ ˈ iː θ ər /; Ancient Greek: Αἰθήρ (Brightness) [1] pronounced [ai̯tʰɛ̌ːr]) is the personification of the bright upper sky. According to Hesiod, he was the son of Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night), and the brother of Hemera (Day). [2]
In Greek mythology, Apate (/ ˈ æ p ə t iː /; Ancient Greek: Ἀπάτη Apátē) is the goddess and personification of deceit. Her mother is Nyx, the personification of the night. [1] [2] In Roman mythology her equivalent is Fraus (Fraud), while her male counterpart is Dolus (Deception), and her opposite number Aletheia, the goddess of truth.
In Greek mythology, Hypnos (/ ˈ h ɪ p n ɒ s /; Ancient Greek: Ὕπνος, 'sleep'), [3] also spelled Hypnus, is the personification of sleep. The Roman equivalent is Somnus. [4] His name is the origin of the word hypnosis. [5] Pausanias wrote that Hypnos was the dearest friend of the Muses. [6]
She is the goddess and personification of the night in Greek mythology. Subcategories. ... Pages in category "Nyx" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of ...
In Greek mythology, Hemera (/ ˈ h ɛ m ər ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἡμέρα, romanized: Hēmérā, lit. 'Day' [hɛːméraː]) was the personification of day. According to Hesiod, she was the daughter of Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night), and the sister of Aether.