List of night deities
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.
Arabian
Aztec
- Lords of the Night, a 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
- Yohaulticetl, lunar goddess known as the "Lady of the Night"
Canaanite
- Shalim, god of dusk
Egyptian
Etruscan
Greek
- Artemis, goddess of the hunt who was commonly associated with the moon
- Asteria, goddess of nocturnal oracles and the stars
- Hecate, goddess of witchcraft who was commonly associated with the moon
- Erebus, primordial god of darkness
- Nyx, primordial goddess of night
- Achlys, primordial goddess of the clouding of eyes after death, the eternal night, and poison
- Phobetor, god of nightmares
- Phantasos, god of surreal dreams
- Morpheus, god of dreams
- Hypnos, god of sleep
- Selene, goddess of the moon
Hindu
Iranic
- Ahriman, god of darkness, night and evils.
Lithuanian
Māori
- Hine-nui-te-pō, goddess of night and death and the ruler of the underworld in Māori mythology
Norse
- Nótt, female personification of night
Roman
- Nox, primordial goddess of night; equivalent to the Greek goddess Nyx
- Scotus, primordial god of darkness; equivalent to the Greek god Erebus
- Summanus, god of nocturnal thunder
- Somnus, god of sleep, equivalent to Hypnos.
- Trivia, goddess of sorcery, ghosts, tombs, death, and torches, equivalent to Hecate.
- Luna, goddess of the moon, equivalent to Selene.
- Latona, an equivalent to the goddesses Leto and Asteria.
- Diana, goddess of the hunt, the nature and the moon, equivalent to Artemis.
Slavic
- Zorya, two guardian goddesses, representing the morning and evening stars.
See also
- Chthonic (underworld) deities
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