Nyx

Νυξ





Nyx was the Ancient Greek goddess of Night (Nox in Roman). She is a shadowy figure in Greek mythology but from the extracts about her, it can be gleaned that she was a figure of great beauty and power. She was the female personification of the night, and a daughter of Chaos.



Nyx was born directly from the void of Chaos, and was the one of the first Protogenoi. She was married to Erebus (Primordial God of Depth) who is also her brother and had many children with him. She is an incredibly powerful divine being, as she was a Protogenoi, and has four siblings: Gaia, Phusis, Erebus, and Tartarus. A myth that supports her power is when Hypnos, the minor god of sleep and her son, fled Zeus because he put him to sleep on Hera's orders, so she could give great misfortune onto Hercules. Zeus found out about his involvement and chased him. Hypnos fled to his mother Nyx whom Zeus obviously feared as he held his anger at bay, not wishing to offend Nyx. Another myth is that Nyx's daughter, Hemera (day) left Tartarus when Nyx entered it, creating night and day. According to some greek articles Chaos did not exist and Nyx, in fact, was the first divine Entity, promoting her power and importance even more. Her son Moros (Doom) is mysterious as well, and is believed to be omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent, as he drives all things to their ends. One example is that Zeus cannot defeat her, another being that the Moirae (Fates) serve him.



 Powers 

While she lost a lot of her power after the Titans lost the war with the Olympians, Nyx's powers as Titan of the Night are very extensive. Nyx had prophetic powers, and gave oracles from a cave. She is older than Zeus & the Olympians but he is more powerful as king of the gods, who deferred to her wishes. She is more powerful then most of the other Olympians, save for some.

She has the ability to create both extreme darkness and light. Her darkness can enshroud souls of her choice, leading them to catatonia in an instant. Because of her domain and blessing of Hypnos, Nyx can manipulate dreams to a limited extent, for mortals dream at night but she tries not to abuse that power. Her kiss is fatal to mortal males, and she travels around the world in shadows and mists.

She can hypnotize both mortals and immortals by the sight of her eyes and her voice. With permission from her child, Hypnos, Nyx has distilled and keeps a powerful sleep mixture that causes mortals to fall unconscious for 8 hours at a time within moments of use.

"Near the Cimmerii a cavern lies deep in the hollow of a mountainside, the home and sanctuary of lazy Somnus [Hypnos], where Phoebus’ [the Sun's] beams can never reach at morn or noon or eve, but cloudy vapours rise in doubtful twilight ... there silence dwells: only the lazy stream of Lethe [Forgetfulness] 'neath the rock with whisper low o'er pebbly shallows trickling lulls to sleep. Before the cavern's mouth lush poppies grow and countless herbs, from whose bland essences a drowsy infusion dewy Nox [Nyx the Night] distils and sprinkles sleep across the darkening world." –Metamorphoses 11.602



''"Darkness shall blot out the sun,

Day shall turn into night."''