Nyx (also known as Nox or the Night) is the personification of the night in Greek mythology. Coming from Chaos (Void), Nyx is a primordial deityIn Greek mythology, the primordial deities are the first generation of gods and goddesses.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Greek_primordial_deities
NYX was the goddess of the night, one of the primordial gods (protogenoi) who emerged as the dawn of creation. She was a child of Khaos (Chaos, Air), and coupling with Erebos (Darkness) she produced Aither (Aether, Light) and Hemera (Day).
It is commonly thought that Nyx is the only goddess that Zeus is truly afraid of because she is older and more powerful than him. This traces back to one story in which Hera, Zeus' wife and goddess of marriage and childbirth, works together with Hypnos, the god of sleep, to trick Zeus.
Hemera is Nyx's opposite. Nyx brought the dark veil over the night, while Hemera chased the dark mists away each morning.
Nyx, the personification of night, then married her brother Erebus, the personification of darkness, and bore two children by him: but of Night were born Aether and Day [Hemera], whom she conceived and bore from union in love with Erebus.
Nyx was the primordial Greek goddess of the night and a consort to Erebus, the god of darkness. According to the writings of the ancient Greeks, she was one of the first goddesses. Connected with her consort Erebus, some held that she hatched an egg that created the Earth, sky, and sea.
Nyx, sometimes referred to as "Mother Night", is the personification of night and a resident in the House of Hades. She gives counsel, directions and reviews the day's work of Chthonic Gods and staff, as seen in her interactions with Megaera, Dusa and the House Contractor.
Two other gods that are somewhat equatable to Zeus are Poseidon and Hades, brothers of Zeus. Poseidon was the god of the seas, and Hades was the god of the underworld. Both of these gods had similar power to Zeus, but of them, Zeus was ultimately the most powerful.
That is to say, Nyx is one powerful god. A primordial entity of any mythology generally held gargantuan power over any other gods within the pantheon. To put Nyx's power into perspective, even the Olympian gods struggled with their predecessors from a mere generation before them for a decade.
Thanatos, in ancient Greek religion and mythology, the personification of death. Thanatos was the son of Nyx, the goddess of night, and the brother of Hypnos, the god of sleep. He appeared to humans to carry them off to the underworld when the time allotted to them by the Fates had expired.
Appearance. Nyx was described as a churning figure of ash and smoke, as big as the Athena Parthenos (which was 40 feet tall). Her face was hard to see except for the pinpoints of her eyes, which shone like quasars. When her wings beat, waves of darkness rolled over the cliffs.
In Greek mythology, the goddess Nyx was one of the oldest deities in the universe, born in the first moments of creation from the yawning abyss of Chaos. Nyx was the personification of night and was so ancient and powerful that even mighty Zeus was afraid to cross her.
Nyx (also known as Nox or the Night) is the personification of the night in Greek mythology. Coming from Chaos (Void), Nyx is a primordial deity (Protogenoi).
According to Hesiod's Theogony, she was the daughter of Chaos and the mother of numerous primordial powers, including Sleep, Death, the Fates, Nemesis, and Old Age.
She also appears in the God of War: Ascension multiplayer stage Walls of Troy, where it's stated that Helios is banishing her from the night sky. This may suggest that Nyx is not as powerful as in mythology, or that the Olympians are more powerful than Primordial deities.
Hercules
He was born a demigod, as his mother was the mortal woman Alcmene. Even from infancy Hercules showed great promise, strangling two snakes sent to his cradle by Zeus's jealous wife Hera.
Hestia, Hades, and Poseidon are more powerful than him while Demeter can rival his power and Hera is not far behind him.
Ancient Greek writer Apollodorus referred to Alcyoneus as the king of all giants. At 12.5 feet tall, he was an almighty man of awesome physical strength and tenacious character. He also had the special gift of immortality, but only if he stayed in the giant's land of Phlegra.
Nyx disapproves of Dusa for her tendency to overwork herself and associating with Zagreus. She eventually removes Dusa from her job without warning. It is when Zagreus intervenes that Nyx is persuaded to allow Dusa to work in the House again, although not without "certain stipulations".
Philotes - Philotes was a daughter of Nyx who stood out from the majority of other offspring of the Night, for Philotes was the Greek goddess of friendship and affection, the opposite side of the spectrum to most of her siblings.
Nyx is a villain in the Vampirella comic book series and the daughter of Chaos.
In Hesiod's great work “Theogony,” Nyx is born from Chaos. Nyx later gives birth to Aether (Brightness) and Hemera (Day) after her union with Erebus. Later, from her own body, Nyx gives birth to Moros (Doom, Destiny), the Keres (Destruction, Death), and Thanatos himself (Death).
Nyx, also known as Mother Night, or Nox, is the primordial Greek goddess (and personification) of the night, her name means "the mother night." A shadowy figure, Nyx stood at or near the beginning of creation and mothered other personified deities such as Hypnos (Sleep) and Thanatos (Death), with Erebus (Darkness).
Nyx had 6 children: Nemesis, Hypnos, Thanatos, Geras, Eris and Charon.