Nyx

Primordial Night, born of Chaos, mother of dark powers.

Parentage

• parent: Chaos

Children

• Hypnos
• Moros
• Nemesis
• Thanatos

Domains

• night

Powers

• Bears Doom, Death, Sleep and the Fates without a mate
• Shrouds the sky in night and is awed by Zeus
• Gives oracles consulted even by Zeus
• Commands awe from Zeus himself

Epithets

• Νὺξ ὀλοή greek · Nỳx oloḗ'Destructive/baneful Night' — Hesiodic epithet of the primordial mother of dark powersHesiod, Theogony 224 (primary)
• Νὺξ δμήτειρα θεῶν greek · Nỳx dmḗteira theôn'Night, subduer of gods and men' — Orphic-hymnic epithetOrphic Hymn 3 (To Night) 1-2 (primary)

Relations

• counterpart of: NyxTradition-specific counterpart; this link does not transfer parentage.Orphic Hymns, 2 (Taylor numbering) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Hesiod, Theogony 123 (primary)