Who Is Nyx (Night)?
Goddess of Night, mother of Death and Sleep
Nyx
Nyx is the goddess of night in Greek mythology, Night itself. In the Theogony she is "black Night," born from Chaos together with Erebus, the darkness.
Nyx unites with Erebus and gives birth to Aether, the bright upper air, and Hemera, the Day. It is a key moment in creation, when light is born from darkness. On her own, without a partner, she also bears many children, including Death (Thanatos), Sleep (Hypnos), Dreams, the Moirai (goddesses of fate), Nemesis, who rebukes human misdeeds, and Eris, Strife.
One view holds that so many of Night's children are death, sleep, and strife because the poem gathers the things humans fear and cannot escape into Night's family.
Episodes featuring this character3
NEWEpisode 1
The Universe Began with a CrackChaos and the Creation (Theogony)
On fog-wrapped Mount Helicon, Hesiod, a starving shepherd, gets roasted by the sharp-tongued Muses, then handed a laurel staff and a divine voice. A single "Gap" opens in the white void. Darkness and Night are born, then the light Hesiod's own song calls up, then Earth and the starry Sky. Twelve children stir deep inside Earth, and only the youngest glares through the ceiling at his father with golden eyes.
20 pages
NEWEpisode 3
Love Was Born From a Wound in the SkyThe Birth of Aphrodite
From the drops that fell from the sky come warriors and nymphs, and from the sea foam steps Aphrodite, goddess of love. At the same dawn of the world, Night—joined with no one—gives birth to Death, Sleep, and even Affection.
19 pages
NEWEpisode 5
He Swallowed Five. Not This One.Cronus and Rhea
Cronus overthrew his father to become king, but one prophecy haunts him, so he swallows each of his five newborn children one after another. Grieving and carrying a sixth child, their mother Rhea asks Earth and Sky for help. Holding close the stone Earth gave her, she crosses the night sea, resolved that this time she will protect her child.
19 pages