Adara asked this question on 5/4/2000:

MM! I once came across a sentence or two about a goddess but i've never been able to find any more information. Her name is Nox sometimes known as Nyx and she's the goddess of the night...abeit similar to Kali, i think. Please let me know if you have any other information about anything related!

Thank you! -Adara

Choalayna gave this response on 5/4/2000:

NOX comes from the Latin word for night. It is also the name of the Roman Goddess of night, known in Greece as Nyx. Also known as Nox, was a daughter of Chaos, who became the wife of Erebos and bore to him two children, Aether and Hemera. Nyx was looked on as the goddess of night, and to her was attributed power over illness, suffering, dreams, misfortunes, quarrels,war, murder, sleep and death. In fact, anything inexplicable or frightening that befell men was attributed to her. She was supposed to occupy a place in the lower world of the Greeks, together with Day. When this latter entered the palace, Nyx would ride out in a black chariot drawn by two dark steeds, and accompanied by many stars, she would traverse the heavens until daybreak, when she would return to the palace. She was depicted as a serious figure clad in long heavy drapery, on her head a black star-spangled veil. She sported black wings, and carried two children in her arms. One was black (Death), the other white (Sleep).

(excerpted from "The Encyclopedia of Greek Gods and Goddesses" and "The World of Mythology".)

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yes! thank you!