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nyx - Νύξ Nyx is the goddess and embodiment of the night

“I bring the tumbling stars.”. nyx - Νύξ Nyx is the goddess and embodiment of the night. In Hesiod's Teogony, Nyx is born of Chaos; her offspring are many, and telling.

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nyx - Νύξ Nyx is the goddess and embodiment of the night

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  1. “I bring the tumbling stars.” nyx-ΝύξNyx is the goddess and embodiment of the night In Hesiod's Teogony, Nyx is born of Chaos; her offspring are many, and telling. Nyx had prophetic powers, and gave oracles from a cave. She was older and more powerful than Zeus, who deferred to Her wishes.

  2. Describing • She rides is a chariot trailing the stars and bringing the night with her sons Hypnos and Thanatos. She could be either harmful or helpful, either bringing sleep or death • In Greece, Nyx is only rarely the focus of cults. According to Pausanias, she had an oracle on tNyx is the ancient goddess of Night in Greek mythology, daughter of Chaos.

  3. Parents and siblings • According to Hesiod. "From Chaos came forth Erebus and black Night so Nyx; of Night were born Aether being the bright upper atmosphere and Day Hemera, whom she conceived and bore from union with Erebus her brother“ • Her brother Erebus spreads his gloomy mists to obscure AETHER's shining daylightus. • He is God of Primordial Darkness.

  4. Nyx symbol • Her symbol is of a black crow and the wings of a falcon with the crescent moon on the crows head with a star. NYX symbol

  5. Information • Η ελληνική θεά Nyx, κόρη του χάους, ανήλθε νύχτα για τη νύχτα στον ουρανό και διέδωσε, προκυμμένος από κόσμημα-καλά-συμπεριφερμένος, glitzernde αστέρια, το πέπλο τους πέρα από Firmament. The Greek goddess Nyx, daughter of chaos, increased night after night to the sky and spread, followed by Juwelenartigen, glittering stars,. their veil on the firmament of. The Greek goddess Nyx, daughter of chaos, increased night after night to the sky and spread, followed by Juwelenartigen, glittering stars,. their veil on the firmament of.

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