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    This document provides a list of night deities from various mythologies around the world. It includes night gods and goddesses from Arabian, Aztec, Canaanite, Egyptian, Greco-Roman, Hindu, Hurrian, Persian, Lithuanian, Meitei/Sanamahism, Norse, Polynesian, Slavic, and other mythologies. Each entry includes a brief description of the deity's associations and domain related to night, darkness, the moon, or stars.

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    A night deity is a goddess or god in mythology


    associated with night, the night sky, or darkness.
    They commonly feature in polytheistic religions. The
    following is a list of night deities in various
    mythologies.

    The Norse night goddess Nótt


    riding her horse, in a 19th-century
    painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo

    Arabian …

    Al-Qaum, Nabatean god of war and the night, and


    guardian of caravans

    Aztec …

    Lords of the Night, 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, lunar goddess known as the "Lady of


    the Night"

    Canaanite …

    Shalim, god of dusk

    Araphel, the divine darkness

    Egyptian …

    Apep, the serpent god, deification of evil and


    darkness

    Kuk, uncreated god and the personification of the


    primordial darkness

    Khonsu, god of the moon

    Nut, goddess of night also associated with rebirth

    Greco-Roman …

    Greek

    Achlys, primordial goddess of the clouding of eyes


    after death, the eternal night, and poison.

    Artemis, 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.

    Erebus, primordial god and personification of


    darkness.

    Hades, god of the underworld, whose domain


    included night and darkness.

    Hecate, goddess of boundaries, crossroads,


    witchcraft, and ghosts, who was commonly
    associated with the moon.

    Hypnos, personification of sleep, the son of Nyx


    and Erebus and twin brother of Thanatos.

    Nyx, primordial goddess and personification of the


    night.

    Selene, Titaness goddess and personification of


    the moon.

    Thanatos, 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.

    Scotus, primordial god of darkness; equivalent to


    the Greek god Erebus.

    Somnus, god of sleep, equivalent to the Greek


    god Hypnos.

    Summanus, god of nocturnal thunder.

    Etruscan

    Artume (also called Aritimi, Artames, or Artumes),


    Etruscan goddess of the night; equivalent to the
    Greek goddess Artemis.

    Hindu

    Hurrian

    Persian

    Lithuanian

    Meitei/Sanamahism …

    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)

    Norse …

    Nótt, female personification of night

    Polynesian …

    Hine-nui-te-pō, goddess of night and death and


    the ruler of the underworld in Māori mythology.

    Ira, sky goddess and mother of the stars.

    Taonoui, Māʻohi goddess who was the mother of


    the stars.

    Slavic …

    Zorya, two guardian goddesses, representing the


    morning and evening stars.

    Chernobog God of Darkness, Chaos, Famine, Pain,


    and all else that is bad.

    See also

    Last edited 4 months ago by HaniwaEnthu…

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