Nyx

E51309
Greek goddess Personification of night Primordial deity

Nyx is the primordial Greek goddess of the night, a powerful and ancient deity from whom many other gods and personified forces descend.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Nyx canonical 43
Νύξ (Nyx) 3
Night (Nyx) 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek goddess ⓘ
Personification of night ⓘ
Primordial deity ⓘ
appearsIn Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ
surface form: Theogony
associatedWith Darkness ⓘ
Death ⓘ
Dreams ⓘ
Sleep ⓘ
authorMentionedBy Hesiod ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
describedAs Primordial goddess of the night ⓘ
domain Night ⓘ
gender Female ⓘ
hasRomanEquivalent Nox ⓘ
iconography Goddess veiled in darkness ⓘ
Winged woman surrounded by stars ⓘ
influenced Later personifications of night in Western tradition ⓘ
mythologicalTradition Greek mythology ⓘ
parentOf Aether ⓘ
Apate ⓘ
Eris ⓘ
Geras ⓘ
Hemera ⓘ
Hesperides ⓘ
Hypnos ⓘ
Keres ⓘ
Moirae ⓘ
surface form: Moirai

Momus ⓘ
Moros ⓘ
Nemesis ⓘ
Oizys ⓘ
Oneiroi ⓘ
Philophrosyne ⓘ
surface form: Philotes

Thanatos ⓘ
powerLevel Very powerful deity ⓘ
residence Tartarus ⓘ
roleInCosmogony One of the first beings to emerge from Chaos ⓘ
siblingOf Chaos ⓘ
Erebus ⓘ
Eros (primordial) ⓘ
Gaia ⓘ
Tartarus ⓘ
spouseOrConsort Erebus ⓘ
symbolicColor Black ⓘ
typeOfDeity Cosmic deity ⓘ
worshippedIn Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
worshipType Chthonic worship ⓘ

Referenced by (50)

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

Hesperides → parent → Nyx ⓘ
Chaos → precedes → Nyx ⓘ
Chaos → givesRiseTo → Nyx ⓘ
Moirae → possibleParent → Nyx ⓘ
Moirae → associatedWith → Nyx ⓘ
Erebus → spouse → Nyx ⓘ
Erebus → consort → Nyx ⓘ
Erebus → sibling → Nyx ⓘ
Chrysothemis → parent → Nyx ⓘ
Nymphs of evening → associatedWithDeity → Nyx ⓘ
Aegle → parent → Nyx ⓘ
Hesperia → parent → Nyx ⓘ
Erytheia → parent → Nyx ⓘ
Asterope → parentInSomeTraditions → Nyx ⓘ
Erinyes → parentInSomeTraditions → Nyx ⓘ
Eris (Greek goddess of strife and discord) → parent → Nyx ⓘ
subject surface form: Eris
Charon → parent → Nyx ⓘ
Thanatos → parent → Nyx ⓘ
Nix → namedAfter → Nyx ⓘ
Orphic Hymns → includesHymnTo → Nyx ⓘ
this entity surface form: Night (Nyx)
Nemesis → parents → Nyx ⓘ
Nemesis → associatedWith → Nyx ⓘ
Clotho → alternativeParentTradition → Nyx ⓘ
Eris → parent → Nyx ⓘ
Protogenoi → includes → Nyx ⓘ
Fates → parentage → Nyx ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nyx (in some traditions)
Aether → sibling → Nyx ⓘ
Aether → childOf → Nyx ⓘ
Hemera → oppositeOf → Nyx ⓘ
Hemera → mother → Nyx ⓘ
Hemera → contrastedWith → Nyx ⓘ
Hemera → parents → Nyx ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nyx and Erebus
Hemera → cycleWith → Nyx ⓘ
Moros → parent → Nyx ⓘ
Moros → associatedWith → Nyx ⓘ
Keres → parent → Nyx ⓘ
Hypnos → parents → Nyx ⓘ
Hypnos → mother → Nyx ⓘ
Oneiroi → parent → Nyx ⓘ
Oizys → parent → Nyx ⓘ
Geras → hasParent → Nyx ⓘ
Nox → equivalentOf → Nyx ⓘ
Nox → equivalentInGreekMythology → Nyx ⓘ
Nox → hasGreekName → Nyx ⓘ
Ἔρεβος (Érebos) → sibling → Nyx ⓘ
subject surface form: Ἔρεβος
this entity surface form: Νύξ (Nyx)
Ἔρεβος (Érebos) → consort → Nyx ⓘ
subject surface form: Ἔρεβος
this entity surface form: Νύξ (Nyx)
Ἔρεβος (Érebos) → offspringWith → Nyx ⓘ
subject surface form: Ἔρεβος
this entity surface form: Νύξ (Nyx)
protogenoi → includesDeity → Nyx ⓘ
subject surface form: Protogenoi
Megaera → parent → Nyx ⓘ
Megaera → bornFrom → Nyx ⓘ
this entity surface form: Night (Nyx)