Nyx
January 26th, 2009 by sabrina
Nyx is the Greek Goddess of the night. She is the daughter of Khaos and sister/wife to Erebos, God of darkness. Some sources list Nyx and Erebos as the parents of Hemera, Goddess of the day, and Aither, God of light, while others portray them as her siblings. Nyx has many children, including Hypnos (God of sleep), Eris (Goddess of strife), Nemesis (Goddess of retribution), Eros (God of procreation), Apate (Goddess of deceit), Thanatos (God of non-violent death), Moros (God of doom), Momos (God of ridicule), Dolos (God of trickery), Oizys (Goddess of misery), Hybris (Goddess of insolence), Geras (God of old age), Philotes (Goddess of friendship), Sophrosyne (Goddess of moderation), Epiphron (God of prudence), Eleos (Goddess of mercy), and Kharon (the ferryman of the dead). She also gave birth to several groups of spirits, such as the Moirai (the Fates), the Erinyes (the Furies), the Keres (Goddesses of violent death), the Oneiroi (spirits of dreams), and the Hesperides (Goddesses of the evening).
Nyx is usually depicted either as a woman with wings or as a charioteer, enveloped in dark mist. She is said to reside in a gloomy house far to the west, where she and her sister or daughter Hemera pass each other at sunrise and sunset. Nyx’s name means “night,” and the epithets used for her include Phylia (kindly), Poikileimôn (spangle-robed), Deadly, Evil, Terror-bringing, Dark, Murky, Blue-black, Black, Sable-clothed, Silent, Quiet, Great-bosomed, Gold-flowered, Holy, Divine, and Dewy.
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March 4th, 2010 at 9:11 am
im doing a report on her and shes cool, but is she a whore or something? i mean, 25 frikken kids???
March 4th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Ah, she’s a Goddess–human rules don’t apply. Almost all of the children were fathered by Erebos, her husband/brother (again, no human rules), and some were conceived with no father at all.
April 20th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Im doing a report on her duaghter apate. But i agree with Mikayla, 25 Kids! also whats up with the picture…its alittle… Disturbing!
May 4th, 2010 at 10:31 am
Well the thing is, in the Greek mythology most Gods and Goddesses were portaied in some kind of nude stance. Yes, it is disturbing to us now, but back then it was a part of life and beauty.
June 7th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
Nyx is amazing, I’m a night person myself. She was totaly tight, I do NOT think she was a whore, sure she had a lot of kids and who knows if they were consived out of love or not. I really don’t care, she’s awesome.
June 10th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
nyx is awazing!!!!!! i agree with Tatum. and i LOVE the Night ,whats not to love? also She is NO whore! She may have many kids ,but so what She is still cool. and what She gives ,She never takes back.
June 15th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
I love Nyx and have always been a night person. and NO she wasn’t a whore,she lived forever, not just a hundred years, you would have a lot of kids too.
June 23rd, 2010 at 7:01 am
im studying Greek mythology and I have to say nyx is amazing, and from the pictures I’ve seen she is beautiful, but I cant help but wonder what she seriously looks like and sabrina said no human rules apply to her but seriously her brother thats just wrong.
July 13th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
Nyx is an amazing goddess no matter how you look at it. What she gives is free will. Yes, It is true that she has many children. What she gives, as said before, she never takes back because they acquired it for living for her and doing what is right. If one chooses to take a darker path, they have something to remind them of the love and joy Nyx has and always will have.
July 14th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
You can also interpret the gods to stand for something other than human-like beings. Nyx was born of Chaos as night. And what comes in the night? Deception, Sleep, Death, Trickery, Doom, etc. The mythology of the time simply helped to explain the occurrence of these things, I don’t believe they’re meant to be taken in the literal.
July 17th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Thanks and I’m a night person to. I feel best at night and I gotta say she’s one of my fav goddesses along with Artemis
August 10th, 2010 at 1:26 am
How dare you! Everyone who thinks shes a whore! ??????? ??? ???? ????? ??? ???! ????? ????? ??? ????? ????????! She is my goddes and for you people to even consider her to be equal to us humans! You people are incredible, to even think this about her! I mean Zeus cheated on Hera and no one thinks hes a whore! Besides she had most of her children with Erebus (They spelled it wrong) How does sleeping with her husband make her a whore! Besides Gods and Goddesses don’t follow our laws! You people disgust me!
August 28th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
thank you Jen! She is my godess too, and is far from a whore! When you think about it, she is the coolest one of them all! She and I are nearly one and I cant think of it any other way. If you look at it my way, she is the only one that will be able to undersatnd any of us. Even when our world seems to be crashing down upon us.