List of night deities
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 nightItzpapalotl , fearsome skeletal goddess of the starsMetztli , god or goddess of the moon, night, and farmersTezcatlipoca , god of the night sky, the night winds, hurricanes, the north, the earth, obsidian, enmity, discord, rulership, divination, temptation, jaguars, sorcery, beauty, war, and strifeTzitzimimeh , skeletal goddesses of the starsYohaulticetl , the lunar goddess known as the "Lady of the Night"Khonsu , god of the moonNut , goddess of the night also associated with rebirthGreek
Achlys , a primordial goddess of the clouding of eyes after death, the eternal night, and poisonArtemis , the goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, and wild animals, who was commonly associated with the moonAstraeus , Titan god of the dusk, stars, planets, and the art of Astronomy and Astrology Asteria , Titan goddess of nocturnal oracles and the starsHades , god of the underworld, whose domain included night and darknessHecate , the goddess of boundaries, crossroads, witchcraft, and ghosts, who was commonly associated with the moonNyx , goddess and personification of the nightSelene , Titaness goddess and personification of the moonThanatos , the personification of death, the son of Nyx and Erebus and twin brother of HypnosRoman
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 thunderEtruscan
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 dreamingAhriman , god of darkness, night and evilsAušrinė , goddess of the morning starBreksta , goddess of twilight and dreams, who protects people from sunset to sunriseMėnuo, 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 nightMáni , male personification of the MoonZorya , two guardian goddesses, representing the morning and evening starsChernobog , god of darkness, chaos, famine, pain, and all that is evil
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