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List of night deities

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The Norse night goddess Nótt riding her horse, in a 19th-century painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo

A night deity is a goddess or god in mythology associated with night, or the night sky. They commonly feature in polytheistic religions. The following is a list of night deities in various mythologies.

  • Lords of the Night, a group of nine gods, each of whom ruled over a particular night
  • Itzpapalotl, fearsome skeletal goddess of the stars
  • Metztli, god or goddess of the moon, night, and farmers
  • Tezcatlipoca, god of the night sky, the night winds, hurricanes, the north, the earth, obsidian, enmity, discord, rulership, divination, temptation, jaguars, sorcery, beauty, war, and strife
  • Tzitzimimeh, skeletal goddesses of the stars
  • Yohaulticetl, the lunar goddess known as the "Lady of the Night"
  • Khonsu, god of the moon
  • Nut, goddess of the night also associated with rebirth

Greek

  • Achlys, a primordial goddess of the clouding of eyes after death, the eternal night, and poison
  • Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, and wild animals, who was commonly associated with the moon
  • Astraeus, Titan god of the dusk, stars, planets, and the art of Astronomy and Astrology
  • Asteria, Titan goddess of nocturnal oracles and the stars
  • Hades, god of the underworld, whose domain included night and darkness
  • Hecate, the goddess of boundaries, crossroads, witchcraft, and ghosts, who was commonly associated with the moon
  • Nyx, goddess and personification of the night
  • Selene, Titaness goddess and personification of the moon
  • Thanatos, the personification of death, the son of Nyx and Erebus and twin brother of Hypnos

Roman

  • Diana Trivia, goddess of the hunt, the moon, crossroads, equivalent to the Greek goddesses Artemis and Hecate
  • Latona, mother goddess of day and night, equivalent to the Greek goddesses Leto and Asteria
  • Luna, goddess of the moon, equivalent to the Greek goddess Selene
  • Nox, primordial goddess of night; equivalent to the Greek goddess Nyx
  • Summanus, god of nocturnal thunder

Etruscan

  • Artume (also called Aritimi, Artames, or Artumes), Etruscan goddess of the night; equivalent to the Greek goddess Artemis
  • DINGIR.GE6 (reading uncertain), goddess representing the night and associated with dreaming
  • Ahriman, god of darkness, night and evils
  • Aušrinė, goddess of the morning star
  • Breksta, goddess of twilight and dreams, who protects people from sunset to sunrise
  • Mėnuo, god of the moon
  • Vakarė, goddess of the evening star
  • Žvaigždės, goddesses of the stars and planets
  • Sajik (Arietis)
  • Thaba (Musca)
  • Khongjom Nubi (Pleiades)
  • Apaknga (Lunar mansions)
  • Sachung Telheiba (A Orionis)
  • Likla Saphaba (Orion)
  • Chingcharoibi (G Geminorum)
  • Chungshennubi (Cancer)
  • Leipakpokpa (Mars)
  • Yumsakeisa (Mercury)
  • Sagolsen (Jupiter)
  • Irai (Venus)
  • Thangja (Saturn)
  • Shakok (Uranus)
  • Shamei (Neptune)
  • Nótt, female personification of night
  • Máni, male personification of the Moon
  • Zorya, two guardian goddesses, representing the morning and evening stars
  • Chernobog, god of darkness, chaos, famine, pain, and all that is evil

See also

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