Hemera

E249769

Greek goddess Greek primordial deity mythological character personification

Hemera is the ancient Greek primordial goddess and personification of daylight, often contrasted with her mother Nyx, the goddess of night.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Hemera canonical	7
Ἡμέρα (Hemera)	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek goddess ⓘ Greek primordial deity ⓘ mythological character ⓘ personification ⓘ
associatedConcept	cosmic order ⓘ light ⓘ time ⓘ
associatedWith	Aether ⓘ
category	Greek goddesses ⓘ Personifications in Greek mythology ⓘ Primordial Greek deities ⓘ
contrastedWith	Nyx ⓘ
cosmicRole	bringer of day ⓘ disperser of night ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
cycleWith	Nyx ⓘ
domain	daylight ⓘ
equivalentInRomanMythology	Dies ⓘ
father	Erebus ⓘ
generation	primordial deities ⓘ
greekName	Ἡμέρα ⓘ
mentionedIn	Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ Orphic Mysteries ⓘ surface form: Orphic tradition
mother	Nyx ⓘ none ⓘ
mythologicalType	personified abstraction ⓘ
nameMeaning	day ⓘ
oppositeOf	Nyx ⓘ
pantheon	Greek pantheon ⓘ
parents	Nyx ⓘ surface form: Nyx and Erebus
personificationOf	day ⓘ
residence	sky ⓘ
sibling	Aether ⓘ
worshipType	primarily literary and cosmological, not civic cult ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nyx → parentOf → Hemera ⓘ

Erebus → parentOf → Hemera ⓘ

Erebus → opposedTo → Hemera ⓘ

Protogenoi → includes → Hemera ⓘ

Aether → parent → Hemera ⓘ

Aether → spouseOrConsort → Hemera ⓘ

Ἔρεβος (Érebos) → offspring → Hemera ⓘ

subject surface form: Ἔρεβος

this entity surface form: Ἡμέρα (Hemera)

Ἔρεβος (Érebos) → contrastWith → Hemera ⓘ

subject surface form: Ἔρεβος

this entity surface form: Ἡμέρα (Hemera)

protogenoi → includesDeity → Hemera ⓘ

subject surface form: Protogenoi