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NIX THE GODDESS OF NIGHT - NOX

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***NIX Goddess of nocturnal secrets and mysteries queen of the nocturnal stars.

Nix (in Greek: Νύξ, transl.: Nýx, lit. "Night"), in Greek mythology, is the personification of night. One of the best sources of information about this Goddess comes from Hesiod's theogony. Many references are made to Nix in that poem which describes the birth of the Greek gods. Night played an important role in myth as one of the first and most powerful beings to come into existence.

Nix is ​​the Goddess of nocturnal secrets and mysteries, queen of the nocturnal stars. Nix was also believed to have complete control over life and death, both of men and of the Gods. Homer refers to Nyx with the epithet "The Tamer of Men and Gods", demonstrating how the other Gods respected and feared this very powerful Deity.

Hesiod claims that Nix is ​​the daughter of Chaos, being the second creature, followed by her twin brother Erebus, darkness, to emerge from the void, soon after Gaia, mother Earth, Tartarus, abysmal darkness, Eros, the love of creation. , who are considered brothers of Chaos. From these primordial forces came the other Greek deities. In his Theogony, Hesiod also describes the forbidden residence of Night:


“There also is the melancholy house of Night; pale clouds shroud it in darkness; Before them Atlas stands erect, and over her head, with her untiring arms, he holds fast the wide sky, where Night and Day cross a bronze threshold and then draw near to each other.”

 

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