Nyx (; , "Night"; ) is the
Greek goddess (or personification)
of the night. A shadowy figure, Nyx stood at or near the beginning of creation, and mothered other
personified deities such as
Hypnos (Sleep) and
Thanatos (Death), with
Erebus (Darkness). Her appearances are sparse in surviving mythology, but reveal her as a figure of such exceptional power and beauty, that she is feared by
Zeus himself.