Nyx
<p><b>Nyx</b> (<small>English:</small> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English">/ˈnɪks/</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyx#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a>: Νύξ, "Night";<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyx#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i>Nox</i>) is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek goddess</a> (or personification) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_night_deities" title="List of night deities">of the night</a>. A shadowy figure, Nyx stood at or near the beginning of creation and mothered other <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personification" class="mw-redirect" title="Personification">personified</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deity" title="Deity">deities</a> such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnos" title="Hypnos">Hypnos</a> (Sleep) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanatos" title="Thanatos">Thanatos</a> (Death), with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erebus" title="Erebus">Erebus</a> (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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus" title="Zeus">Zeus</a> himself.</p>